I-Ubuntu Touch ibonakale ishiywe ngemuva , ishiywe yi-Canonical, njengoba sonke sazi, ukugxila kwamanye amaphrojekthi. Kodwa akukafi. Njengoba kwenzeka kaningi kumaphrojekthi amaningi, kuvela amafoloko, noma, njengakulesi simo, umphakathi uyakwamukela ukuqhubeka nokunikeza ukwesekwa nentuthuko. Kulokhu, umphakathi we-UBports osebenza ekuthuthukiseni lolu hlelo lokusebenza lwe-Ubuntu lwamadivayisi eselula.
Ama-smartphone akho, ama-phablet, namathebulethi manje angathola isibuyekezo esisha se-Ubuntu Touch: i-OTA-6 , isibuyekezo sesithupha se-Over-the-Air esikhishwe kulolu hlelo lokusebenza. Ungabuyekeza kalula ngqo kusuka kudivayisi yakho ngaphandle kokufaka i-ROM entsha noma yini efana naleyo. I-OTA-6 isebenza ku-iPhone 2, i-Nexus 5, i-OnePlus One, i-BQ Aquaris M10 FHD, i-Nexus 4, i-Meizu Pro 5, i-Meizu MX 4, i-BQ Aquaris E4.5, kanye ne-BQ Aquaris E5 HD njengesibuyekezo esiqhubekayo ku-OTA-5 yangaphambilini.
Ifika ezinyangeni ezimbili ngemuva kokubuyekezwa kwangaphambilini futhi manje isekelwe ohlelweni lokusebenza lwedeskithophu lwe- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenual Xerus. Lesi esinye isinyathelo esiqhubekela phambili ekuthuthukisweni kwe-Ubuntu Touch, okuqinisekile ukuthi izojabulisa abasebenzisi abaqhubeka nokuyisebenzisa njengenye indlela esikhundleni se-Android, i-Tizen, nabanye. Futhi uma uzibuza ukuthi yini entsha kulesi sibuyekezo se-OTA-6 , ake sibheke ezinye zezici ezintsha.
Enye yalezi zithuthukisi ukulungiswa kwamaphutha amaningana akhona ezinguqulweni zangaphambilini ezithinte uhlelo lokusebenza ngokwalo kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza ezifakiwe . Isiphequluli se-Morph manje sisekela ukubuyisela izikhathi zangaphambilini, isitoreji sendawo sezinhlelo zokusebenza zewebhu, i-reCAPTCHA, ukuthuthukiswa kolwazi lomsebenzisi, ukwamukelwa kwezitifiketi ezizisayinile, nokuningi. Ingxoxo yemicimbi yekhalenda entsha nayo ingeziwe, kanye nezinye izinguquko kuhlelo lokusebenza. Ezinye izithuthukisi ezithile sezifakiwe ngisho nakumadivayisi athile.