I'm happy to announce that, after much anticipation, Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 is scheduled to be released on 24 September 2025.
Currently, the schedule looks like this:
Date
Event
31 July 2025
Platform stability freeze, 24.04-1.0 Beta 1
14 August 2025
String freeze
28 August 2025
Branch off, 24.04-1.0 Beta 2
11 September 2025
Final freeze, 24.04-1.0 RC
24 September 2025
Release version 24.04-1.0
(See the explanation of the freezes here: https://cpad.ubports.com/sheet/#/2/sheet/view/z44Rl7-Ba5mzHRYXXuk-9l8ZweVF-+v5X30JnZw7bPw/)
We're still a number of things left to do before we can release 24.04-1.0 to all users. However, at this point, we feel confident enough to define a finish line, especially given that Canonical has ended standard support for Ubuntu 20.04.
App developers: you'll soon be able to submit applications built against 24.04-1.x to OpenStore
As part of 24.04-1.0 Beta 1 release, we'll also declare ubuntu-touch-24.04-1.x Click frameworks as stable. Applications built against 24.04-1.x will be allowed to use APIs introduced in Qt 5.15, paving a way to Qt 6 migration in the future.
We're working to make sure apps built against 24.04-1.x can be published on OpenStore. This should happen by 31 July.