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Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 Released With More Phones Supported, UI Improvements

Written by Michael Larabel in Ubuntu on 21 September 2020 at 06:28 PM EDT. 21 Comments

The UBports community has announced the release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 as their newest over-the-air update to this Ubuntu mobile operating system.

With Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 now supported are the Sony Xperia X/XZ/Performance and OnePlus 3/3T devices. This is on top of around one dozen other devices from the LG Nexus 4/5 to earlier OnePlus devices, FairPhone 2, Nexus 7, and different Meizu and BQ devices from the early days of the Ubuntu Touch effort at Canonical.

Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 brings QtWebEngine 5.14 as a big upgrade compared to v5.11, refinements to the System Settings area, various UI/design improvements to many core apps, and many bug fixes.

More details on all of the changes to find with Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 via UBports.com.

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