E Os Updates & Release Notes

Please welcome /e/OS 2.2! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 2.2. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

🚸 Parental Control

• This new feature has been implemented to help you protect your children online. Learn more at https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/parental-control

🛡 Advanced Privacy

• To help you protect even more your privacy, the app is now blocking 800 new trackers

🛍 App Lounge

• The Non Safe For Work (NSFW) rating by F-Droid is now available in App Lounge so you can install these apps knowingly

📅 Calendar

• You'll now be able to personalize the color of an event if you wish so

📱 Samsung S7 & S7 Edge have been upgraded to Android 12 🎉

🦸 Third Party Apps support

• It's now possible to share Snapshot's location in Signal
• Third party apps are now using the AppLounge account for the Licensing feature

📲 Updater

• An option is now available to "See all available updates" instead of only the next one

🕙 Software updates

➕ LineageOS 19.1 latest bug fixes and security updates have been merged (list)

➕ microG has been updated with upstream v0.3.2.240913 …

Please welcome /e/OS 2.2! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 2.2. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

🛡 Advanced Privacy

• To help you protect even more your privacy, the app is now blocking 800 new trackers

🛍 App Lounge

• The Non Safe For Work (NSFW) rating by F-Droid is now available in App Lounge so you can install these apps knowingly

📅 Calendar

• You'll now be able to personalize the color of an event if you wish so

🦸 Third Party Apps support

• It's now possible to share Snapshot's location in Signal
• Third party apps are now using the AppLounge account for the Licensing feature

📲 Updater

• An option is now available to "See all available updates" instead of only the next one

🕙 Software updates

➕ LineageOS 18.1 latest bug fixes and security updates have been merged (list)

➕ microG has been updated with upstream v0.3.2.240913

🐛 Bug fixes

No bug fixes related to Android 11 were fixed.

Please welcome /e/OS 2.1! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 2.1. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

🛍 App Lounge

• Content rating (PEGI score, etc..) is now displayed in the app description

📅 Calendar

• It's now possible to switch calendar for an existing event

📱 Fairphone 4 has been upgraded to Android 13 🎉

📱 Murena 2

• Lift to wake settings is now disabled by default

🌅 Launcher

• eDrive's widget preview is now available

🦸 Third Party Apps support

• We now provide our own backend location services to take over Mozilla Location Services ending on June 12th

🕙 Software updates

➕ LineageOS 20 latest bug fixes and security updates have been merged (list

➕ FP4's firmware is now updated to TP2D

🐛 Bug fixes

🤵🏽 Account Manager

• Logging out right after logging in is now handled properly

🛍 App Lounge

• The results are now always displayed from the top

📷 Camera

• QR scanning is now possible from quick settings
• Scanning barcodes no longer provokes a crash of the app

📱 Fairphone 4

• The microphone's performance in Jitsi calls with speakerphone is now the expected one.

📱 Fairphone 5 …

Please welcome /e/OS 2.1! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 2.1. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

🛍 App Lounge

• Content rating (PEGI score, etc..) is now displayed in the app description

📅 Calendar

• It's now possible to switch calendar for an existing event

📱 Samsung S9/S9+ has been upgraded to Android 12 🎉

🌅 Launcher

• eDrive's widget preview is now available

🦸 Third Party Apps support

• We now provide our own backend location services to take over Mozilla Location Services ending on June 12th

🕙 Software updates

➕ LineageOS 19 latest bug fixes and security updates have been merged (list)

🐛 Bug fixes

🤵🏽 Account Manager

• Logging out right after logging in is now handled properly

🛍 App Lounge

• The results are now always displayed from the top

📷 Camera

• Scanning barcodes no longer provokes a crash of the app

📱 Teracube 2e (2021)

• Voice over Wi-Fi calls are now working

📱 Teracube 2e (2020)

• Recovery is now updated along with the phone's upgrade

🌅 Launcher

• Apps are prevented from adding widgets on any screen but the widget panel as long as the feature is not supported …

Please welcome /e/OS 2.1! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 2.1. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

🛍 App Lounge

• Content rating (PEGI score, etc..) is now displayed in the app description

📅 Calendar

• It's now possible to switch calendar for an existing event

🌅 Launcher

• eDrive's widget preview is now available

🦸 Third Party Apps support

• We now provide our own backend location services to take over Mozilla Location Services ending on June 12th

🕙 Software updates

➕ LineageOS 18.1 latest bug fixes and security updates have been merged (list)

➕ Media Provider security patch removed in /e/OS 1.12.3 has been reintroduced without any side effect

🐛 Bug fixes

🤵🏽 Account Manager

• Logging out right after logging in is now handled properly

🛍 App Lounge

• The results are now always displayed from the top

📷 Camera

• Scanning barcodes no longer provokes a crash of the app

🌅 Launcher

• Apps are prevented from adding widgets on any screen but the widget panel as long as the feature is not supported
• Touch on screen is now systematically taken into account

Please welcome /e/OS 2.0! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 2.0. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

🌅 Launcher

• The launcher has been upgraded which solves a lot of bugs and also brings improvements like displaying the number of notifications and being able to set live wallpapers
• Brand new icons and wallpapers ✨

🦸 Third Party Apps support

• /e/OS now supports Android Auto 🎉 Please refer to the documentation to know more.
• Wording of the application licensing notification has been made clearer

📷 Camera

• QR code scanning is now available in Camera from the lower left side button 🎉

🛡 Advanced Privacy

• A Wall of Shame has been added to the homepage to identify the most leaking apps and trackers
• UI improvements

📝 Notes

• It's now possible to use the Notes apps without any account

🛍 App Lounge

• Search can now filter apps with no trackers or Open Source apps or Progressive Web apps
• It's now possible to share an app thanks to the button added in the app's description
• It's now possible to ignore the refresh session message

🔄 File Synchronization

• Updated to version 1.5 of eDrive for more stability of the feature

🌐 Browser

• Sensor exposure is reenabled
• Murena.com and Murena.io have been added as shortcuts

📅 Calendar …

Please welcome /e/OS 2.0! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 2.0. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

🌅 Launcher

• The launcher has been upgraded which solves a lot of bugs and also brings improvements like displaying the number of notifications and being able to set live wallpapers
• Brand new icons and wallpapers ✨

📷 Camera

• QR code scanning is now available in Camera from the lower left side button 🎉

🛡 Advanced Privacy

• A Wall of Shame has been added to the homepage to identify the most leaking apps and trackers
• UI improvements

📝 Notes

• It's now possible to use the Notes apps without any account

🦸 Third Party Apps support

• Wording of the application licensing notification has been made clearer

🛍 App Lounge

• Search can now filter apps with no trackers or Open Source apps or Progressive Web apps
• It's now possible to share an app thanks to the button added in the app's description
• It's now possible to ignore the refresh session message

🛍 App Lounge

• Search can now filter apps with no trackers or Open Source apps or Progressive Web apps
• It's now possible to ignore the refresh session message

🔄 File Synchronization

• Updated to version 1.5 of eDrive for more stability of the feature

🌐 Browser

• Sensor exposure is reenabled
• Murena.com and Murena.io have been added as shortcuts …

Please welcome /e/OS 2.0! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 2.0. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

📷 Camera

• QR code scanning is now available in Camera from the lower left side button 🎉

🛡 Advanced Privacy

• A Wall of Shame has been added to the homepage to identify the most leaking apps and trackers
• UI improvements

📝 Notes

• It's now possible to use the Notes apps without any account

🦸 Third Party Apps support

• Wording of the application licensing notification has been made clearer

🛍 App Lounge

• Search can now filter apps with no trackers or Open Source apps or Progressive Web apps
• It's now possible to share an app thanks to the button added in the app's description
• It's now possible to ignore the refresh session message

🔄 File Synchronization

• Updated to version 1.5 of eDrive for more stability of the feature

🌐 Browser

• Sensor exposure is reenabled
• Murena.com and Murena.io have been added as shortcuts

📅 Calendar

• Past events are now visible up to one year in the past instead of 3 months

📖 PDF reader

• App now has its own adaptive icon

⚙ Settings

• Long pressing the power button to get the flashlight has been made the default setting
• The additional Volume options available when playing music over Bluetooth are now following our guidelines

📲 Updater …

Please welcome /e/OS 1.21! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 1.21. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

📷 Camera

• The option to force the screen display to maximum brightness while using the Camera has been disabled by default to prevent battery drain

📱 Fairphone 3 is now running Android 13 🎉

📞 Dialer

• Dialpad text is now perfectly readable in both light and dark mode.

📚 Documentation

• IMG package support for SHIFT 6mq has been added. It is now possible to lock the bootloader with the SHIFT 6mq.

💬 Message

• the auto-compress option for MMS' attachments has been set to Automatic (uses allowed carrier max size) by default so picture quality is better.

🛠 Recovery

• The user can now reboot their phone right away after an installation from the Recovery instead of being asked whether they want to install additional packages

⚙ Settings

• there is now a dedicated section for /e/OS specific options in the Developer options.
• when Voice over LTE option is available to make a call, an icon appears in the status bar

🦸 Third Party Apps support

• The option "Remember from GPS" is now activated by default in microG to fetch quicker some already visited locations.

🕙 Software updates …

Please welcome /e/OS 1.21! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 1.21. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

📷 Camera

• The option to force the screen display to maximum brightness while using the Camera has been disabled by default to prevent battery drain

📞 Dialer

• Dialpad text is now perfectly readable in both light and dark mode.

📚 Documentation

• IMG package support for SHIFT 6mq has been added. It is now possible to lock the bootloader with the SHIFT 6mq.

💬 Message

• the auto-compress option for MMS' attachments has been set to Automatic (uses allowed carrier max size) by default so picture quality is better.

🛠 Recovery

• The user can now reboot their phone right away after an installation from the Recovery instead of being asked whether they want to install additional packages

⚙ Settings

• there is now a dedicated section for /e/OS specific options in the Developer options.
• when Voice over LTE option is available to make a call, an icon appears in the status bar

🦸 Third Party Apps support

• The option "Remember from GPS" is now activated by default in microG to fetch quicker some already visited locations.

🕙 Software updates …

Please welcome /e/OS 1.21! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 1.21. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

📷 Camera

• The option to force the screen display to maximum brightness while using the Camera has been disabled by default to prevent battery drain

📞 Dialer

• Dialpad text is now perfectly readable in both light and dark mode.

📚 Documentation

• IMG package support for SHIFT 6mq has been added. It is now possible to lock the bootloader with the SHIFT 6mq.

💬 Message

• the auto-compress option for MMS' attachments has been set to Automatic (uses allowed carrier max size) by default so picture quality is better.

🛠 Recovery

• The user can now reboot their phone right away after an installation from the Recovery instead of being asked whether they want to install additional packages

⚙ Settings

• there is now a dedicated section for /e/OS specific options in the Developer options.
• when Voice over LTE option is available to make a call, an icon appears in the status bar

🦸 Third Party Apps support

• The option "Remember from GPS" is now activated by default in microG to fetch quicker some already visited locations.

🕙 Software updates …

Please welcome /e/OS 1.20! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 1.20. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

📖 PDF reader

• PDF Viewer Plus has been replaced by MJ PDF reader to provide more options and up to date security patches

🆙📱 Updater

• Update's download is resumed automatically when needed

🦸 Third Party Apps support

• /e/OS is now compatible with the Application Licensing API. Some third party apps can check the licensing status to make sure that the user is allowed to use the application, for instance in case of paid applications. Third party apps which are using this API are now working properly on /e/OS.
• We fixed the partial support of the On Demand Modules API used by third party apps to download split APKs at runtime.

🛡 Advanced Privacy

• You can now realize easily how efficiently Advanced Privacy protects you against trackers in the widget and on the home page
• The design of the tracker management page is now more efficient

🛍 App Lounge

• The Privacy Score has been forced to 0 for a list of apps for which Terms of Services clearly don't respect your privacy and your data (based on TOSDR's rating)
• the search loading time for Play Store results is now better

📚 Documentation

• the device list has been synced with Lineage

📱 Murena Two …

Please welcome /e/OS 1.20! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 1.20. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

📖 PDF reader

• PDF Viewer Plus has been replaced by MJ PDF reader to provide more options and up to date security patches

🦸 Third Party Apps support

• /e/OS is now compatible with the Application Licensing API. Some third party apps can check the licensing status to make sure that the user is allowed to use the application, for instance in case of paid applications. Third party apps which are using this API are now working properly on /e/OS.
• We fixed the partial support of the On Demand Modules API used by third party apps to download split APKs at runtime.

🛡 Advanced Privacy

• You can now realize easily how efficiently Advanced Privacy protects you against trackers in the widget and on the home page
• The design of the tracker management page is now more efficient

🛍 App Lounge

• The Privacy Score has been forced to 0 for a list of apps for which Terms of Services clearly don't respect your privacy and your data (based on TOSDR's rating)
• the search loading time for Play Store results is now better

📚 Documentation

• Installation instruction for Teracube 2e (2020) are now clearer
• the device list has been synced with Lineage

🕙 Software updates …

Please welcome /e/OS 1.20! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 1.20. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

📖 PDF reader

• PDF Viewer Plus has been replaced by MJ PDF reader to provide more options and up to date security patches

🦸 Third Party Apps support

• /e/OS is now compatible with the Application Licensing API. Some third party apps can check the licensing status to make sure that the user is allowed to use the application, for instance in case of paid applications. Third party apps which are using this API are now working properly on /e/OS.
• We fixed the partial support of the On Demand Modules API used by third party apps to download split APKs at runtime.

🛡 Advanced Privacy

• You can now realize easily how efficiently Advanced Privacy protects you against trackers in the widget and on the home page
• The design of the tracker management page is now more efficient

🛍 App Lounge

• The Privacy Score has been forced to 0 for a list of apps for which Terms of Services clearly don't respect your privacy and your data (based on TOSDR's rating)
• the search loading time for Play Store results is now better

📚 Documentation

• the device list has been synced with Lineage

🕙 Software updates …

Please welcome /e/OS 1.19.1! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 1.19.1. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

🛡 Advanced Privacy

• Apps with trackers can now be filtered to find them more easily
• A view by tracker is now available

📱 SHIFT6mq now has relockable bootloader support

🌐 Browser Adblock filter list is now up to date and customizable

🕙 Software updates

🗺️ **Maps** was updated to 7.1.23.49

- Fixed startup error message issue on Android 7 devices
- Improved head-up-display appearance. Head-up-display type can be changed using swipe left  / right actions
- Fixed error regarding maps styles usage on arm32 devices
- Improved UI, UX & stability

🌐 Browser is up to date with upstream's version 119.0.6045.200

➕ LineageOS 20 last bug fixes and security updates has been merged (list)

🐛 Bug fixes

📓 Contacts:

• Address books' names are now displayed properly when creating a new contact
• All contact properties are now exported into vCard

💌 Mail's regression regarding reading emails is now fixed …

Please welcome /e/OS 1.19.1! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 1.19.1. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

🛡 Advanced Privacy

• Apps with trackers can now be filtered to find them more easily
• A view by tracker is now available

📱 Fairphone 3's upgrade guide for community builds now lists the OTA packages

🌐 Browser Adblock filter list is now up to date and customizable

🕙 Software updates

🗺️ **Maps** was updated to 7.1.23.49

- Fixed startup error message issue on Android 7 devices
- Improved head-up-display appearance. Head-up-display type can be changed using swipe left  / right actions
- Fixed error regarding maps styles usage on arm32 devices
- Improved UI, UX & stability

🌐 Browser is up to date with upstream's version 119.0.6045.200

➕ LineageOS 19.1 last bug fixes and security updates has been merged (list)

🐛 Bug fixes

📓 Contacts:

• Address books' names are now displayed properly when creating a new contact
• All contact properties are now exported into vCard

💌 Mail's regression regarding reading emails is now fixed…

Please welcome /e/OS 1.19.1! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 1.19.1. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

🛡 Advanced Privacy

• Apps with trackers can now be filtered to find them more easily
• A view by tracker is now available

🌐 Browser Adblock filter list is now up to date and customizable

🕙 Software updates

🗺️ **Maps** was updated to 7.1.23.49

- Fixed startup error message issue on Android 7 devices
- Improved head-up-display appearance. Head-up-display type can be changed using swipe left  / right actions
- Fixed error regarding maps styles usage on arm32 devices
- Improved UI, UX & stability

🌐 Browser is up to date with upstream's version 119.0.6045.200

➕ LineageOS 18.1 last bug fixes and security updates has been merged (list)

🐛 Bug fixes

📓 Contacts:

• Address books' names are now displayed properly when creating a new contact
• All contact properties are now exported into vCard

💌 Mail's regression regarding reading emails is now fixed

🆙 📱 OTA updates and upgrades are checked automatically again …

Please welcome /e/OS 1.18! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 1.18. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

OS

Launcher

• Fix crashes related to bad dimensions on some icons

OS

• Emergency contact screen now displays a message when the device has not yet been unlocked once after reboot instead of erasing the Emergency contacts

/e/OS Dialer

• We've redesigned Dialer to match our theme

Apps

🛎️ /e/OS Account Manager

• AccountManager has been updated with version 4.3.9-ose from upstream

📲 App Lounge

• App Lounge now tries and refreshes token with exponential backoff when there is a failure
• App Lounge now displays a notification when it's crashed because of insufficient storage space
• Search lifecycle has been improved

📔️ /e/OS Contacts

• Contact app no longer suggest to add a Google account to backup the contacts when no account is set

Devices

FP5

• The list of entries under Settings > Display > Colours is now the expected one
• FP5 no longer heats when the screen stays on
• The screen brightness now adjusts to the surrounding light right from the start
• The boot animation artifacts are fixed
• The default bluetooth audio codec (LDAC) now works as expected

Community devices

• Fix builds for Mi8937 …

Please welcome /e/OS 1.18! 🚀

We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 1.18. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds!

✨ We embedded some improvements!

OS

Launcher

• Fix crashes related to bad dimensions on some icons

OS

• Emergency contact screen now displays a message when the device has not yet been unlocked once after reboot instead of erasing the Emergency contacts

Apps

🛎️ /e/OS Account Manager

• AccountManager has been updated with version 4.3.9-ose from upstream

📲 App Lounge

• App Lounge now tries and refreshes token with exponential backoff when there is a failure
• App Lounge now displays a notification when it's crashed because of insufficient storage space
• Search lifecycle has been improved

Devices

FP4

• Fairphone 4's receiver sound is now at a reasonable volume

Murena devices

• Charging indicator is now properly displayed when device is off for GS290, Murena One
• VoWiFi is now working on Emerald
• The displayed partition size is now correct when flashing emerald and Zirconia with SPFlash

🕙 Software updates …