Project ubports , which took the development of the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform after Canonical, published OTA-24 firmware updating (Over-the-Air). The project also is developing the experimental port of the desktop unity 8 which is renamed in lomiri.
Ubuntu Touch OTA-24 formed for smartphones BQ E4.5/E5/M10/U Plus,
Cosmo Communicator, F (X) Tec Pro1, Fairphone 2/3, Google Pixel 2/2 XL/3a/3a XL, Huawei Nexus 6p, LG Nexus 4/5, Meizu Mx4/Pro 5, Nexus 7 2013, Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1, OnePlus 2/3/5/6/One, Samsung Galaxy Note 4/S3 Neo+, Sony Xperia X/XZ/Z4, VOLLAPHONE, Xiaomi Mi A2/A3, Xiaomi Poco F1/M2 Pro, Xiaomi Redmi 3S/3X /3SP/4x/7, Xiaomi Redmi Note 7/7 Pro. Separately, without the “OTA-24” label, updates will be prepared for Pine64 Pinephone and Pinetab devices. Compared to the last version, the list of supported devices has not changed.
Ubuntu Touch OTA-24 is still based on Ubuntu 16.04, but recently developers’ efforts have been focused on preparing for the transition to Ubuntu 04.20. Of the changes in OTA-24, it is:
- When unlocking the fingerprint, the waiting time between repeated authentication attempts is increased.
- The initial support of the screen gesture is added using a double touch to withdraw devices from the sleeping mode.
- Added the URL processor “SMS: //” to open the application for sending messages.
- in the implementation of the Aethercast protocol used to connect to external screens by wireless connection, support for the resolution of 1080p.
- Work on errors in the program for sending messages and a layer for processing SMS/MMS.
- On most supported devices, the work of the set control buttons are ensured.
- The performance of the component’s performance mir-ndroid-platform , providing the work of the MIR display manager, surrounded with graphic drivers from Platforms Android.
