Updated
Updated · Phoronix · Jun 15
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 Beta Adds Chromium 134, Handles Notches and Rounded Corners
Updated
Updated · Phoronix · Jun 15

Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 Beta Adds Chromium 134, Handles Notches and Rounded Corners

3 articles · Updated · Phoronix · Jun 15

Summary

  • Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 Beta upgrades the Morph browser base from Chromium 87 to Chromium 134 and adds proper handling for display notches and rounded corners.
  • Per-device configurations let the system avoid cutouts and curved screen areas on modern phones, addressing a key compatibility issue for newer hardware.
  • The beta also adds a screenshot editor for the Lomiri shell, improves mobile data reliability, and makes user data encryption non-experimental on devices supporting FSCRYPT v2.
  • Newly supported hardware includes the Nothing Phone (1) and Zinwa Q25, alongside devices such as Fairphone 4 and 5, Rabbit R1, and several Volla Phone models.

Insights

Despite a modern browser, can Ubuntu Touch overcome its critical app gap to become more than a niche hobbyist project?
Can Ubuntu Touch's convergence dream finally rival Samsung DeX as the lines between desktop Linux and Android blur?