Ubuntu Touch seemed abandoned , left behind by Canonical, as we all know, to focus on other projects. But it's far from dead. As often happens with many projects, forks emerge, or, as in this case, it's embraced by the community to continue providing support and development. In this case, it's the UBports community that's working on developing this Ubuntu operating system for mobile devices.
Your smartphones, phablets, and tablets can now receive a new Ubuntu Touch update: OTA-6 , the sixth Over-the-Air update released for this operating system. You can easily update directly from your device without having to install a new ROM or anything like that. OTA-6 works on the iPhone 2, Nexus 5, OnePlus One, BQ Aquaris M10 FHD, Nexus 4, Meizu Pro 5, Meizu MX 4, BQ Aquaris E4.5, and BQ Aquaris E5 HD as an incremental update to the previous OTA-5.
It arrives two months after the previous update and is now based on the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenual Xerus desktop operating system. This is another step forward in the development of Ubuntu Touch, which is sure to please users who continue to use it as an alternative to Android, Tizen, and others. And if you're wondering what 's new in this OTA-6 update , let's take a look at some of the new features.
One of these improvements is the correction of several bugs present in previous versions that affected both the operating system itself and installed apps . The Morph browser now supports restoring previous sessions, local storage for web apps, reCAPTCHA, user experience improvements, acceptance of self-signed certificates, and more. A new calendar events dialog has also been added, along with other changes to the app. Some specific improvements have even been implemented for certain devices.