Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 to Be Released on September 14, Add Numerous Improvements - Exclusive

We've been asked by many of our readers what's going on with the development of the next major OTA software update for Canonical's Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system for Ubuntu Phone and Ubuntu Tablet devices, the OTA-13.

Well, we've been monitored the development of Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 quite closely in the past month, and we can tell you that almost all components, including default apps and Scopes, have received improvements. As expected, there will also be optimizations to the Unity 8 interface, which is now powered by the Mir 0.24 display server.

Right now, Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 is in Final Freeze, which means that no new features will be added to the final release, which should happen around the 14th of September. The first official RC (Release Candidate) images might land later today for those brave enough to use the rc-proposed channel on their Ubuntu Phone/Tablet devices.

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