Ubuntu Touch OTA-24 Released - Still Powered By Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu Touch OTA-24 continues supporting a wide variety of devices from ASUS, BQ, Google, LG, OnePlus, Samsung, Sony, Xiaomi, and other vendors. Ubuntu Touch OTA-24 continues to be powered by the aging Ubuntu 16.04 LTS base... The transition to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS unfortunately remains ongoing. They do intend OTA-24 to be the last major feature update off the 16.04 LTS base while in OTA-25 will be mostly focused on fixes. Hopefully it won't take too much longer before they can finally transition to the much more modern Ubuntu 20.04 LTS base.
Ubuntu Touch OTA-24 does provide initial gesture support with double-tap to wake for selected devices, handling of the "sms://" URL scheme, 1080p video support for Aethercast, fixes to the messaging app, media buttons on headsets now working for most devices, performance tweaks, and a variety of other fixes and enhancements.
The list of supported devices at this point for Ubuntu Touch OTA-24 include:
Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1
BQ E4.5 Ubuntu Edition
BQ E5 HD Ubuntu Edition
BQ M10 (F)HD Ubuntu Edition
BQ U Plus
Cosmo Communicator
F(x)tec Pro1
Fairphone 2
Fairphone 3
Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL
Google Pixel 3a and 3a XL
Huawei Nexus 6P
LG Nexus 4
LG Nexus 5
Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition
Meizu Pro 5 Ubuntu Edition
Nexus 7 2013 (Wi-Fi and LTE models)
OnePlus One
OnePlus 2
OnePlus 3 and 3T
Oneplus 5 and 5T
OnePlus 6 and 6T
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (910F, 910P, 910T)
Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo+ (GT-I9301I)
Sony Xperia X
Sony Xperia X Compact
Sony Xperia X Performance
Sony Xperia XZ
Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet (LTE or Wi-fi only)
Vollaphone and Vollaphone X
Xiaomi Mi A2
Xiaomi Mi A3
Xiaomi Mi MIX 3
Xiaomi Poco F1
Xiaomi Poco M2 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi 3s/3x/3sp (land)
Xiaomi Redmi 4X
Xiaomi Redmi 7
Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 and 7 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi 9 and 9 Prime
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro Max and 9S
Downloads and more details on Ubuntu Touch OTA-24 via UBports.com.
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