Update 7 August 2025: we have discovered a an issue with video recording on Volla Phone X23 and broken camera and audio support on some Volla Phone Quintus. This requires us to delay Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10. The team at Volla are working to fix the issues; we'll provide the new RC once these issues are fixed.

We've just released the RC image for the Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10. Please take some time to switch your spare/development phone to the 20.04 RC channel and test this OTA.

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10 is a maintenance release with only a minimal number of changes. The most notable change in Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10 is the inclusion of the new upgrader, allowing users to upgrade to Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 with ease once it comes out.

In addition, there are a number of general bug fixes and security updates, including QtWebEngine update to the latest patch release in 5.15 series (sadly still based on Chromium 87).

Please note that only critical and security fixes will be able to enter Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10 as this point. Normal bug fixes and new features will need to wait for our next release. Please do not discuss normal bug fixes and new features here.

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10 is expected to be released on 14 August 2025. We appreciate all testing we will receive.

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If, however, you're interested in testing the next version of Ubuntu Touch based on Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 Beta 1 is now also available for testing.

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Update 7 August 2025: we have discovered a an issue with video recording on Volla Phone X23 and broken camera and audio support on some Volla Phone Quintus. This requires us to delay Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10. The team at Volla are working to fix the issues; we'll provide the new RC once these issues are fixed.

Hello everyone.

We are pleased to announce that, after much anticipation, Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 Beta 1 is now available for testing! Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 is slated for release on 24 September 2025. Before then, we need to make sure it's ready to go.

Wait? 24.04-1.0?

If you have not followed our forums closely, you might be surprised that this versioning scheme does not match the scheme previously announced on our blog. This is a result of a long discussion amongst community members resulting in a decision to change our versioning scheme. This versioning scheme combines the version of Ubuntu we're based on (in this case, 24.04) with the version of changes specific to Ubuntu Touch (in this case, 1.0).

The rest of the previous announcement are still applicable; the only thing changed is how we versions each release of Ubuntu Touch.

What's new?

Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 will be the first release of Ubuntu Touch which is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, a major upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04. This might not be as big compared to our last upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 to 20.04, but this still brings newer software stack to Ubuntu Touch (such as Qt 5.15).

Given the long time it took to produce this release, many new features are added to Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 and we're unable to list them all. However, following are some of the most notable changes:

• New Ubuntu Touch logos to go with the new Ubuntu Circle-of-Friends (CoF)
• Light mode for the shell

Known issues

As with any pre-released software, there are some significant issues that are known to developers. We include some of the them here so you don't need to spend time reporting these bugs again.

• Sending and receiving MMS is currently not working. (ubuntu-touch#2208)
• Some pinned applications in the launcher might get disappeared due to internal rename (lomiri-system-settings-system-update#15)
• You might not be able to pair new Bluetooth headset. Already paired Bluetooth headset will continue to work. (ubuntu-touch#2238)
• Ubuntu Touch logo in System Settings is currently missing. (ubuntu-touch#2233)

Also available for testing: Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10

In addition to Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 Beta 1, we're pleased to also announce that Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10, a maintenance release of 20.04 series, is also available for testing.

There is a separated forum post for discussion related to Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10 testing.

How can I test?

To receive Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 Beta 1, we recommend upgrading your phone to Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10 RC then upgrade to Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 via the new upgrader.

Once your phone is on Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10 RC, run the following command in Terminal app or via ADB/SSH to receive Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 Beta 1:

gsettings set io.ubuntu-touch.system-settings.update offer-development-release true

After that, head to System Settings -> Updates again, and you should be offered to upgrade to Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 Beta 1.

You can find your image version in System Settings -> About -> OS.

@kugiigi Yes, ubuntu-touch-24.04-1.x is the final name. It's intended to represent the entirety of Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0, 24.04-1.1, 24.04-1.2 etc.

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.

New system-image channel name: 24.04-1.x/arm64/{hybris,android9plus}/daily

A couple weeks ago, I've done another migration to change, amongst other things. system-image channel name. The new channels are now called 24.04-1.x/arm64/{hybris,android9plus}/daily, with utnext/arm64/{hybris,android9plus}/daily becoming the alias of the former.

The change is made to streamline the process when the development release (e.g. 24.04-1.x) enters a stabilization phase. Devices receiving updates from the old channel name will not see a significant change.

Once 24.04-1.x enters a stabilization phase, utnext/arm64/{hybris,android9plus}/daily will become the aliases of the next release of Ubuntu Touch (e.g. 24.04-2.x).

Status of Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.x

Notable progresses in the past 2 months are:

• The new logo of Ubuntu Touch has been finalized, and is now used in the boot screen and (soon) in System Settings app.

• Calendar syncing is now working again after fixing underlying issues in libraries we depend on. (MR: 1, 2)
• The problem of ADB session being closed after a few minutes has been fixed. (MR)

GitLab label & milestone cleanup, and new GitLab issue board for 24.04-1.0

A few weeks ago, I've finally got a chance to sit down and re-organize issue labels, milestones and issue boards. As a result we now have an issue board for UT 24.04-1.0 which should help showing what's left in order to have 24.04-1.0 out of the door.

As you can see, there are still a number of issues on the board that would love some help. Please join our development Telegram group and talk to us if you're interested in one of the issues on the board.

@Vlad-Nirky If your application is QML-only (without any C++ file, including a minimal main.cpp), then you can use ubuntu-touch-24.04-1.x-qml. Otherwise, use ubuntu-touch-24.04-1.x. ubuntu-touch-24.04-1.x-papi is only for a special case (of which I'll have to document...).

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-9 is released. Thank you everyone involved in the testing.

https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-9-focal-release-3962

@mjosenhans said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-9:

I just noticted a further issue. In call forwarding it says to forward some home calls. When selecting this, it says forward incomming calls when not available (to a german number I do not know). When removing the hook to disable this and going back to the pre vious menu, it still says forwarding some phone calls. When going back to this menu, it says that calls are still forwarded to that phone number.

First of all, thank you for additional testing (both on Waydroid and on the call forwarding issue).

On the call forwarding, some carriers use call forwarding for its own purpose and you can't really unset it (happens with my carrier at least). Please test this issue on another phone to see if this is the case.

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@paulcarroty said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-9:

Request a USB tethering test for Suzu.

@peat_psuwit make sure to include this fix.

Unfortunately, unless this is a regression or a critical problem, we cannot accept additional fixes at this stage, as it will delay 20.04 OTA-9 by at least another week. It will be included in 20.04 OTA-10 and in upcoming 24.04-1.0.

That said, I think the fix in that PR is not correct. But that's off-topic for this thread...

@mjosenhans We're unable to reproduce this issue. Please run the following commands on a computer, which will collect logs from device for debugging.

adb shell journalctl --user-unit=lomiri-app-launch--application-click--waydroidhelper.aaronhafer_waydroidhelper_3.2.0--.service >waydroid-helper.log
adb pull /home/phablet/.local/share/applications/Waydroid.desktop
tar -cv --xz -f waydroid-logs.tar.tz waydroid-helper.log Waydroid.desktop
rm -v waydroid-helper.log Waydroid.desktop

You may need to enable USB debugging first. After running commands, please attach file waydroid-logs.tar.xz.

Update 28 May 13:20 UTC: a new RC has been published. Changes include a fix for Waydroid startup race condition, an APN config update for 1&1 (a carrier in Germany), and additional security fixes from Ubuntu upstream.

@wally Thank you for your report.

@wally said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-9:

• The Notification LED is not working. While I don't use this phone frequently, it definitely worked in the past. Seems to have stopped working as of this update.

The notification LED on Oneplus 5 is known to be randomly not working (depending on a race condition on boot). The fix will be implemented in a future update. In the meantime, please try rebooting the device and see if it solves the issue.

@wally said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-9:

• The only other thing that I've noticed is that if I click to add an image to an SMS message, select Camera, and take a new photo, after taking the photo, in the screen where you can click to retake photo, accept photo, or cancel, the photo shows up as a solid light grey, with only a column on the far right side of the photo visible. But when sent, it sends as normal. This is a new behaviour as of this update.

This is an issue with a newly-released Camera app relating to a new on-by-default metadata privacy feature. As a workaround, you can swipe from bottom, press the mask icon, and select "Save device info". The issue will be fixed in the next release of Camera app on Open-Store.

We've just released the RC image for the Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-9, which should have version 2025-W21 or newer. Please take some time to switch your spare/development phone to the 20.04 RC channel and test this OTA.

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-9 is a maintenance release with only a minimal number of changes. That said, we still have a number of changes in this OTA. We would love an extra attention to the following areas:

• Basic phone functionality (call, SMS, MMS and cellular data)
  • In particular, if your carrier supports VoLTE and you're using newer Volla phones (X23 and newer). This release include fixes which make VoLTE work on more carriers, which may introduce compatibility issues.
• If your device has an LED, please see if it works correctly.
• Whether Emojis show up correctly. (Not all of newer ones work, but the number should improve).
• Whether Waydroid works.

Please note that only critical and security fixes will be able to enter Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-9 as this point. Normal bug fixes and new features will need to wait for our next release. Please do not discuss normal bug fixes and new features here.

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-9 is expected to be released on 3 June 2025. We appreciate all testing we will receive.

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Update 28 May 13:20 UTC: a new RC has been published. Changes include a fix for Waydroid startup race condition, an APN config update for 1&1 (a carrier in Germany), and additional security fixes from Ubuntu upstream.

Apologize for the late update this time. Let's get into it:

For everyone: the next Ubuntu Touch release will be called 24.04-1.0

You'll notice that this status update has a different headline format. After a discussion with UBports Foundation Board of Trustee (BoT) and with the community in general, we've decided on naming the next Ubuntu Touch release based on Ubuntu 24.04 as "Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0". 24.04 signifies the base Ubuntu version we're based on, and 1.0 represents whether it's a major upgrade or it's a minor update.

For now, the system-image channel will still be called utnext/{arch}/{hybris|android9plus|mainline}/daily. We will provide more updates on system-image channel in the future.

For app developers: it's now possible to build against Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.x

Finalizing on versioning scheme means we're now able to finalize the name of Click framework. The new framework is called ubuntu-touch-24.04-1.x, with -qml variant for QML-only applications and -papi for applications without QML part. Due to the limitation of the Click file format, the AppArmor policy version is 2404.1.

Support in Clickable has been added in the recently released version 8.3.0. This means that if you specify the correct framework and AppArmor policy version, Clickable will choose the correct Docker image by itself and will produce Click packages compatible with 24.04-1.x series.

Open-Store will not yet accept applications built against Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.x, as the framework is not quite stable yet. However, it's stable enough for developers to compile and test their applications against newer versions of libraries (such as Qt 5.15) available in Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.x.

We intend to maintain full app compatibility between minor updates, but the same can't be said on major upgrade even when we stay on the same Ubuntu version. However, in practice the app compatibility on the same Ubuntu base version should be possible, and we'll try to maintain backwards compatibility where it makes sense.

For app developers: Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.x will support apps built against Ubuntu Touch 20.04

Related to my last point, it turns out that it's relatively easy to maintain compatibility with apps built against Ubuntu Touch 20.04, with only a couple of compatibility libraries added to Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.x. So, we've decided to maintain compatibility with applications which use ubuntu-sdk-20.04 framework and its variants.

This applies to most phones which has a modern 64-bit ARM processor (this applies to all devices which we currently have stable releases of Ubuntu Touch 20.04). On older phones with 32-bit ARM processor, due to a large-scale transition in Ubuntu and Debian (64-bit time_t transition), this is not possible, and compatibility will be limited to QML-only apps which use -qml variant of framework.

Status of Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.x

At the moment, a few key items still has to be done, including but not limited to:

• Fix MMS and contacts/calendar sync.
• Re-test push notification and hotspot to ensure they actually work.
• Re-building our core applications against the new framework.
• Update our artworks to go with the new Ubuntu icon, introduced at part of Ubuntu 22.04.
• A more streamlined mechanism to upgrade Ubuntu Touch major releases.
• Infrastructure-side work to support the new Ubuntu Touch release scheme.

We still need help in many of these items. If you're interested in lending hands, please reach us on our Telegram group.

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-8 is released. Thank you everyone involved in testing.

https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-8-focal-release-3953

@domubpkm So MMS used to work before installing 20.04 OTA-8 RC, and then doesn't work any longer since then?

Could you please collect the log (after a send attempt has been made) using command:

sudo journalctl --boot >journalctl.log

and send it to me? The log will contain your IMSI (roughly your SIM identifier), so please provide it via forum chat or via Telegram (@peat_psuwit).

@domubpkm said in Call for testing: Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-8:

At this point, no regression observed on the Volla 22 although finding 4G seems quite long after a start-up of Volla 22 via the stages: no network, 2G, 3G, 4G. The succession of steps can take more than 30 seconds. Maybe normal ?

Hello. Do you happen to know if your Volla Phone 22 runs Ubuntu Touch based on Halium 12 or not? If your Volla Phone 22 has a replacement screen, then it is running Ubuntu Touch based on Halium 12.

Update 25 Feb 13:40 UTC: a new RC has been published which fixes mobile data issue on some Volla Phone X23 users depending on SIM slot being used.

Update 20 Feb 7:00 UTC: a new RC has been published which include a fix for Pixel 3a XL cellular breakage.

We've just released the RC image for the Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-8, which should have version 2025-W08 or newer. Please take some time to switch your spare/development phone to the 20.04 RC channel and test this OTA.

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-8 is a maintenance release with only a minimal number of changes. That said, we still have a number of changes in this OTA. We would love some extra attention to the following areas:

• Basic phone functionality (calls, SMS, MMS and cellular data)
• Address book app
• Web browser
• Wi-Fi settings
• If you were affected by mobile data breakage issue in OTA-6 testing cycle, please check if mobile data is working for you in this RC. You might be affected if you use Volla Phone X23, live in Germany, and Telekom is your carrier.
• If you're using Volla Phone 22 with a new replacement screen, we would appreciated it if you can spare your time testing this RC.

Please note that only critical and security fixes will be able to enter Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-8 as this point. Normal bug fixes and new features will need to wait for our next release. Please do not discuss normal bug fixes and new features here.

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-8 is expected to be released on 28 Februrary 2025. We appreciate all testing we will receive.

Update 19 Feb 13:40 UTC: earlier version of the announcement mentioned contact syncing as an area of interest for testing. It was included by accident, and has been removed.

Update 20 Feb 7:00 UTC: a new RC has been published which include a fix for Pixel 3a XL cellular breakage.

Update 25 Feb 13:40 UTC: a new RC has been published which fixes mobile data issue on some Volla Phone X23 users depending on SIM slot being used.