UBports Q&A 141 call for questions

[UBportsNews]

Ubuntu Touch 141 is planned for this Saturday 25th May at 19:00 UTC. We really appreciate your questions and involvement in the Q&As, so please post your questions below and we will do our utmost to answer them.

Remember that questions on porting to device **** or its status, and questions on bugs, will not be answered.

[stanwood]

@UBportsNews A lot of new exciting improvements have been made in many domains those last 3 months, thanks to the amazing development team and community!

So, just to be curious, is there an "OTA 5" somewhere in the corner?

Thank you!!

[domubpkm]

Hello.
Is an alpha or beta version of the new browser (.click ?) available somewhere ?

[thedeafenguy]

I have a few questions:

Are there plans to add support for group chats (how they would work on Android/iPhone; right now on UT, it is just so you can mass send a message to multiple people) to the message app?

Are there plans to add the ability to edit network settings of a saved wifi network (there are no settings to edit from within the settings app)?

Are there plans to add support for passkeys?

[safriddle]

I have a couple of questions:

1. Are there any plans to add .ovpn imports for VPN in Ubuntu touch anytime soon?
2. Is the new version going to be Ubuntu Touch 24.xx or is it going to be OTA-5 and when is the tentative release date?

[Lakotaubp]

@safriddle To be clear the OS is based on a version of Ubuntu, now Ubuntu 20.04 and will move to being based on Ubuntu 24.04 shortly.
While based on a version of Ubuntu our OS (Ubuntu Touch )will get it's own over the air updates (OTA) on approx a 6 monthly basis.) The OTA's are updates to the Stable update channel of Ubuntu Touch. Devel and RC get their own update at different periods. These are not called OTA's but contain what will become an OTA when all testing has been completed.

That means that Ubuntu Touch 20.04 will get OTA 5 as it's next update to the Stable Channel

[kimo]

Thank you first for your great efforts and the sacrifices made. I have no request other than an integrated messaging application, even if only partially. I encourage Axolotl2, but it lacks a lot of work. With thanks to those who run it, and the Delta Chat application, I think it is the alternative with many advanced features, and both of them lack instant alerts. I hope for more encouragement.