Hey everyone,
Looking for people willing to test an early build of Ubuntu Touch based on Ubuntu 26.04. This is a hidden channel, so you'll need to switch to it manually using system-image-cli or enable hidden channels in the installer.
Fair warning: this is an early release, bugs are expected and very much part of the deal. That said, I'm running it as my daily driver, so it's functional enough for real-world use.
What's New (some of them, there are many)
This is a proper Ubuntu 26.04 base, not just a package bump. The big changes compared to the current stable channel:
Qt6 + QtWebEngine 6.10 — The browser stack is fully upgraded to Qt6. This is a significant change that affects Morph browser and anything using the web engine. Better web compatibility, better performance. This is probably the most impactful change for daily use.
Qt5 also updated — Qt 5.15.13 → 5.15.18 across the board.
Core system updated — glibc 2.39 → 2.43, Python 3.12 → 3.14, GCC 14 → 16, LLVM 17 → 21, GStreamer 1.24 → 1.28, PulseAudio 16.1 → 17.0, Boost 1.83 → 1.90, OpenSSL 3.0 → 3.5, systemd patched for 26.04, and more.
New packages — Qt6 variants of many Lomiri components are now shipping alongside Qt5 (content-hub, download-manager, online-accounts, action-api, ui-toolkit, etc.), which is the groundwork for a full Qt6 UI transition down the road. Morph browser now ships as morph-browser-qt6 / morph-webapp-container-qt6.
Maliit now has a Qt6 inputcontext alongside Qt5.
How to Switch
Run the following on your device:
sudo system-image-cli --switch 26.04-1.x/arm64/android9plus/daily
Currently Available Devices
Codename
Device
FP5
Fairphone 5
Q25
Zinwa Q25 (BlackBerry Classic restomod)
Spacewar
Nothing Phone (1)
algiz
Volla Phone Quintus
ansuz
Volla Phone Plinius
jingpad_a1
JingLing JingPad A1/C1
mimameid_h12
Volla Phone 22 (Halium 12)
mimir
Volla Tablet
vidofnir_esim
Volla Phone X23 (eSIM)
yggdrasil
Volla Phone
yggdrasilx
Volla Phone X
If your device isn't listed, it's not on this channel yet or not gotten the image enlargement yet.
Reporting Bugs
Report them right here in this thread. Include:
Your device model
What you were doing when it happened
Any error messages or logs if you have them
Whether it's reproducible
Given the Qt6 browser switch, pay particular attention to anything web-related, sites that break (or start working ), performance issues, crashes in Morph, webapp containers not loading, that kind of thing. That's where the most interesting bugs are likely to be right now.
Also please report broken apps.
Every report helps. Even "everything works fine" is useful data.
