The UBports project, which took on the development of the mobile platform Ubuntu Touch after Canonical stepped away from it, has released the OTA-19 (over-the-air) firmware update. The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, which has been renamed to Lomiri.
The Ubuntu Touch OTA-19 update has been created for smartphones BQ E4.5/E5/M10/U Plus, Cosmo Communicator, F(x)tec Pro1, Fairphone 2/3, Google Pixel 2XL/3a, Huawei Nexus 6P, LG Nexus 4/5, Meizu MX4/Pro 5, Nexus 7 2013, 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, Xiaomi Redmi 3s/3x/3sp/4X/7, and Xiaomi Redmi Note 7/7 Pro. Updates for Pine64 PinePhone and PineTab will be prepared separately, without the
The Ubuntu Touch OTA-19 is still based on Ubuntu 16.04, but recently the developers' efforts have focused on preparing for the transition to Ubuntu 20.04. Among the changes in OTA-19, the addition of qml-module-qtwebview and libqt5webview5-dev packages to the application development framework is noted, which provide components for using the QtWebEngine. For devices supported in the Halium 5.1 and 7.1 branches, which provide a low-level layer for simplifying hardware support, the ability to access the gyroscope and magnetic field sensors has been added.
In the messenger, the automatic screen keyboard display is disabled by default, which interfered with reading incoming messages where the keyboard was shown assuming that the user would want to respond. Additionally, unnecessary password input dialogues during the wireless connection setup have been removed. Issues with playback pause not occurring after unplugging the headphones, transitioning to sleep mode after playing the next track, and locking the device from entering sleep mode after quickly playing two audio sequences (for example, a system sound and music) have been resolved. The issue of the Pixel 3a device freezing when initiating the shutdown process has been addressed, and the proximity sensor functionality has been improved during calls.
Source: opennet.ru
