Ubuntu Touch 16.04 OTA-6 Release
After months of unremitting efforts, the UBports community today announced the release of the Ubuntu Touch OTA-5 system update for all supported Ubuntu Phones. Ubuntu Touch OTA-6 is the version based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) and is no longer based on the already obsolete Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) system.
Changelog
OTA-6 brings a number of fixes and improvements to Ubuntu Touch. In this release, we primarily focused on bug fixes and stability improvements.
Morph Browser
Half of the confirmed closed tickets for OTA-6 affected the Morph browser. This got to be so high, in fact, it swayed the decision to start the release process!
A number of high-visibility issues were fixed:
- Unable to restore previous session at startup
- No way to accept self-signed certificates
- Webapps cannot access local content on device
- ReCaptcha says “browser not supported”
- Media playback does not stop when a tab is closed
- Scrollbar theme does not match the system theme
We’d like to thank Chris Clime and Mateo Salta for their huge contributions to the browser during this cycle.
Oneplus One improvements
Florian made some changes which improve the experience for users of the Oneplus One:
- WLAN MAC Address is set to fallback value
- Earpiece or headset volume cannot be changed during phone calls
- The remote side of a phone call hears an echo of themselves
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