Users are invited to test Ubuntu Touch OTA-6

The UBports team is currently developing a sixth OTA (Over-the-Air) update and invites users to test it. Two months after the release of the OTA-5 update, Ubuntu Touch OTA-6 is expected to introduce more improvements, including the Nextcloud account password to support certain special characters and so on. The new Morph web browser will also receive many improvements, including resuming the historical session of the previous visit after launch, supporting ReCaptcha, stopping the multimedia in the tabs, enabling a better-tabbed browsing experience, and supporting web applications to access local storage content.

What’s new on Ubuntu Touch OTA-6?

• Users can sign in to Nextcloud accounts with special characters in their password, thanks to YugiFanGX!
• Controls in system-settings re-anchored to not be hidden by the header, thanks to Michele!
• Oneplus One users will find multiple fixes, thanks to Florian!
  • WLAN MAC Address is correctly set based on the hardware
  • Earpiece or headset volume can be changed during phone calls
  • The remote side of a phone call will no longer hear an echo of themselves
• Calendar fixes
  • New Event dialog now suggests your default calendar when you open it from a long press
• Hacktoberfest helpers came in to tackle a few lightweight but hard-hitting bugs
  • Welcome wizard automatically advances after hitting “Enter” when typing your name, thanks Miguel Gutiérrez!
  • URL input box no longer has autocorrect, thanks Rocky Singh!
• Morph-browser improvements, thanks to Chris!
  • “Restore previous session at startup” fixed
  • Dialog to warn about self-signed certificates added
  • Added option to allow webapps to access local content on device
  • Updated UserAgent to allow use of ReCaptcha
  • Media stops when a tab is closed
  • Tabs no longer get unloaded immediately after being switched away from
  • The scrollbar now matches the system theme, thanks to mateosalta!

OTA-6 is expected to be officially launched on December 7, 2018, but the team is currently actively working on final debugging so that all Ubuntu Phone users can successfully upgrade to the latest stable version.