E Foundation Release Notes

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.20-oreo!

🔨 Dark mode:

We've worked on improving dark modes in most of our apps and settings

✨ We embedded other improvements

We've improved updater UI with our color scheme and UX providing better experience for major OS upgrades

🕙 Software updates

We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

Browser has been updated to version 96

MicroG was upgraded with upstream and UI was reworked with /e/ guidelines

🐛 Bug fixes

Multiple UI regression introduced in the v0.19

⚠ Security fixes

This /e/OS update includes the Android security patches available for Oreo. More information in the link below.

Android security patch

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.20-pie!

🔨 Dark mode:

We've worked on improving dark modes in most of our apps and settings

✨ We embedded other improvements

We've revamped keyboard UI to modernize it

We've improved updater UI with our color scheme and UX providing better experience for major OS upgrades

🕙 Software updates

We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

Browser has been updated to version 96

MicroG was upgraded with upstream and UI was reworked with /e/ guidelines

🐛 Bug fixes

Multiple UI regression introduced in the v0.19

⚠ Security fixes

This /e/OS update includes the Android security patches available for Pie. More information in the link below.

Android security patch

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.20-q!

🔨 Dark mode:

We have worked on improving dark mode in most of our apps and settings

✨ We embedded other improvements

We have revamped keyboard UI to modernize it

We have improved our updater UI with our color scheme and UX providing better experience for major OS upgrades

🕙 Software updates

We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

Browser has been updated to version 96

MicroG was upgraded with upstream and UI was reworked with /e/ guidelines

🐛 Bug fixes

Multiple UI regressions introduced in the v0.19

⚠ Security fixes

This /e/OS update includes the Android security patches available for Q. More information in the link below.

Android security patch

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.19-q!

🔨 Dark mode!

We worked hard to offer you a new dark mode in our default applications!

More to come for the remaining ones (Mail, Settings and Browser).

✨ We embedded other improvements

• Gigaset GS290 now supports VoLTE! Support may depend on your carrier

• Apps

  • Prevents circumventing the APK signature check for system apps and mitigates some possible attack vectors for open source apps.

  Special thanks to Nervuri (https://nervuri.net/), who reported the problem responsibly, and for his availability to discuss and review the solution.

🕙 Software updates

• We now support Amaysim carrier (Australia) by default
• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes

• Multiple UI regression introduced in the v0.18

⚠ Security fixes

This /e/OS update includes the Android security patches available for Q. More information in the link below.

• Android September security patch

• • • …

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.19-pie!

🔨 Dark mode!

We worked hard to offer you a new dark mode in our default applications!

More to come for the remaining ones (Mail, Settings and Browser).

✨ We embedded other improvements

• Apps

  • Prevents circumventing the APK signature check for system apps and mitigates some possible attack vectors for open source apps.

  Special thanks to Nervuri (https://nervuri.net/), who reported the problem responsibly, and for his availability to discuss and review the solution.

🕙 Software updates

• We now support Amaysim carrier (Australia) by default
• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes

• Multiple UI regression introduced in the v0.18

⚠ Security fixes

This /e/OS update includes the Android security patches available for Pie. More information in the link below.

• Android September security patch

• • • …

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.19-oreo!

✨ We embedded improvements

• Apps

  • Prevents circumventing the APK signature check for system apps and mitigates some possible attack vectors for open source apps.

  Special thanks to Nervuri (https://nervuri.net/), who reported the problem responsibly, and for his availability to discuss and review the solution.

🕙 Software updates

• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes

• Multiple UI regression introduced in the v0.18

⚠ Security fixes

This /e/OS update includes the Android security patches available for Oreo. More information in the link below.

• Android September security patch

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Find all the corresponding issues and their MRs on the v0.19 milestone

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.19-nougat!

🕙 Software updates

• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

⚠ Security fixes

The AOSP project doesn't maintain Android Nougat anymore. But thanks to the community, some security patches available for Oreo are backported to Nougat. You will be able to find them in the LineageOS changelog

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Find all the corresponding issues and their MRs on the v0.19 milestone

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.18-q!

🔨 Gesture navigation!

/e/ now supports gesture navigation ! To enjoy it on your device, please navigate to Settings > System > Advanced > Gestures > System navigation, and choose Gesture navigation.

✨ We embedded other improvements

• Browser
  • supports camera stream again
  • has a cleaner About menu
  • doesn't have the "Touch to Search" feature anymore
• First Time Setup Wizard doesn't ask to share stats with LineageOS anymore (pie and q only)
• microG account name is now called "Google (microG)" in Account Manager
• Horizontal recent app view
• multiple new translations available across the OS and default apps

🕙 Software updates

• We updated our Maps application (based on MagicEarth)
• We updated our Browser application (based on Bromite)
• We updated microG (https://microg.org/)
• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes

• Browser notification icon is now the correct one …

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.18-pie!

✨ We embedded multiple improvements

• Browser
  • supports camera stream again
  • has a cleaner About menu
  • doesn't have the "Touch to Search" feature anymore
• First Time Setup Wizard doesn't ask to share stats with LineageOS anymore
• microG account name is now called "Google (microG)" in Account Manager
• S8/S8+ doesn't embed two Google APKs anymore
• Horizontal recent app view
• multiple new translations available across the OS and default apps

🕙 Software updates

• We updated our Maps application (based on MagicEarth)
• We updated our Browser application (based on Bromite)
• We updated microG (https://microg.org/)
• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes

• Browser notification icon is now the correct one
• Clock doesn't display the same alarm twice anymore

⚠ Security fixes …

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.18-oreo!

✨ We embedded multiple improvements

• Browser
  • supports camera stream again
  • has a cleaner About menu
  • doesn't have the "Touch to Search" feature anymore
• microG account name is now called "Google (microG)" in Account Manager
• multiple new translations available across the OS and default apps

🕙 Software updates

• We updated our Maps application (based on MagicEarth)
• We updated our Browser application (based on Bromite)
• We updated microG (https://microg.org/)
• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes

• Browser notification icon is now the correct one

⚠ Security fixes

This /e/OS update includes the Android security patches available for oreo. More information in the link below.

• Android June security patch
• Android July security patch …

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.18-nougat!

✨ We embedded multiple improvements

• Browser
  • supports camera stream again
  • has a cleaner About menu
  • doesn't have the "Touch to Search" feature anymore
• microG account name is now called "Google (microG)" in Account Manager
• multiple new translations available across the OS and default apps

🕙 Software updates

• We updated our Maps application (based on MagicEarth)
• We updated our Browser application (based on Bromite)
• We updated microG (https://microg.org/)
• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes

• Browser notification icon is now the correct one

⚠ Security fixes …

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.17-q!

🔨 Updater system!

• From now on, the updater will show the version number of the update you want to install
• When an update is available, you will get a daily notification until it is installed
• It will automatically remove installed updates by default
• We renamed the changelog entry to release note

✨ We embedded other improvements

• Dialer now allows you to record a call
• microG now
  • requests Exposure Notification app permissions only when microG Exposure Notification is installed
  • embeds a shortcut to Apps to install microG Exposure Notification

🕙 Software updates

• We updated our Maps application (based on MagicEarth)
• We updated our Browser application (based on Bromite)
• We updated microG (https://microg.org/)
• For the Fairphone 3/Fairphone 3+, we imported 3.A.0101 update
• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes …

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.17-pie!

🔨 Updater system!

• From now on, the updater will show the version number of the update you want to install
• When an update is available, you will get a daily notification until it is installed
• It will automatically remove installed updates by default
• We renamed the changelog entry to release note

✨ We embedded other improvements

• Dialer now allows you to record a call
• microG
  • requests Exposure Notification app permissions only when microG Exposure Notification is installed
  • now embeds a shortcut to Apps to install microG Exposure Notification

🕙 Software updates

• We updated our Maps application (based on MagicEarth)
• We updated our Browser application (based on Bromite)
• We updated microG (https://microg.org/)
• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes

• In Calendar, under monthly view, the current date now has its background centered
• The microG update allows the Yuka application to work…

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.17-oreo!

✨ We embedded some improvements

• microG
  • requests Exposure Notification app permissions only when microG Exposure Notification is installed
  • now embeds a shortcut to Apps to install microG Exposure Notification

🕙 Software updates

• We updated our Maps application (based on MagicEarth)
• We updated our Browser application (based on Bromite)
• We updated microG (https://microg.org/)
• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes

• In Calendar, under monthly view, the current date now has its background centered
• The microG update allows the Yuka application to work
• Apps
  • Now displays privacy rating in search results
  • We fixed some crashes

⚠ Security fixes

This /e/OS update includes the Android security patches available for Oreo. More information in the link below.

• Android April security patch …

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.17-nougat!

✨ We embedded some improvements

• microG
  • requests Exposure Notification app permissions only when microG Exposure Notification is installed
  • now embeds a shortcut to Apps to install microG Exposure Notification

🕙 Software updates

• We updated our Maps application (based on MagicEarth)
• We updated our Browser application (based on Bromite)
• We updated microG (https://microg.org/)
• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes

• The microG update allows the Yuka application to work

⚠ Security fixes

The AOSP project doesn't maintain Android Nougat anymore. But thanks to the community, some security patches available for Oreo are backported to Nougat. You will be able to find them in the LineageOS changelog

• • • …

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.16-nougat!

🔨 Browser up to date!

• Browser is now updated to the latest Bromite version. Kindly note that the version we used contains the patch for the recent Android Webview issue. So /e/ is not impacted!

✨ We embedded other improvements

• Our testers will be able to test more easily from now
• BlissLauncher doesn't display anymore our default Calendar icon when installing Etar as secondary calendar application, and handle Radio icon for more devices
• Remove the Weather app
• When you rename a icon group in BlissLauncher, it now displays the cursor by default

🕙 Software updates

• We updated our Maps application (based on MagicEarth)

• We updated our Browser application (based on Bromite)

• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

⚠ Security fixes …

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.16-oreo!

🔨 Browser up to date!

• Browser is now updated to the latest Bromite version. Kindly note that the version we used contains the patch for the recent Android Webview issue. So /e/ is not impacted!

✨ We embedded other improvements

• Our testers will be able to test more easily from now
• BlissLauncher doesn't display anymore our default Calendar icon when installing Etar as secondary calendar application, and handle Radio icon for more devices
• Apps now display the package name of an application
• Remove the Weather app
• When you rename a icon group in BlissLauncher, it now displays the cursor by default

🕙 Software updates

• We updated our Maps application (based on MagicEarth)

• We updated our Browser application (based on Bromite)

• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes

• Following the UI revamping published beginning of the year, we improvements some components in Calendar, Message and Apps

⚠ Security fixes …

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.16-pie!

🔨 Browser up to date!

• Browser is now updated to the latest Bromite version. Kindly note that the version we used contains the patch for the recent Android Webview issue. So /e/ is not impacted!

✨ We embedded other improvements

• BlissLauncher doesn't display anymore our default Calendar icon when installing Etar as secondary calendar application, and handle Radio icon for more devices
• Apps now displays the package name of an application
• Remove references to Pixel devices in Settings
• Degoogled Dialer ToS and Privacy Policy
• Remove the Weather app
• When you rename a icon group in BlissLauncher, it now displays the cursor by default
• Our testers will be able to test more easily from now

🕙 Software updates

• We updated our Maps application (based on MagicEarth)

• We updated our Browser application (based on Bromite)

• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes …

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.16-q!

🔨 Browser up to date!

• Browser is now updated to the latest Bromite version. Kindly note that the version we used contains the patch for the recent Android Webview issue. So /e/ is not impacted!

✨ We embedded other improvements

• BlissLauncher doesn't display anymore our default Calendar icon when installing Etar as secondary calendar application, and handle Radio icon for more devices
• Apps now displays the package name of an application
• Remove references to Pixel devices in Settings
• Degoogled Dialer ToS and Privacy Policy
• Remove the Weather app
• When you rename a icon group in BlissLauncher, it now displays the cursor by default
• Our testers will be able to test more easily from now

🕙 Software updates

• We updated our Maps application (based on MagicEarth)
• We updated our Browser application (based on Bromite)
• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes …

Please welcome our new /e/OS v0.15-nougat!

✨ We embedded other improvements

• microG now embeds a shortcut to Apps to install the Exposure Notification

🕙 Software updates

• We merged latest bugfixes and security updates from LineageOS source code trees

🐛 Bug fixes

• eDrive now restarts after any unexpected stop

⚠ Security fixes

The AOSP project doesn't maintain anymore Android Nougat. But thanks to the community, some security patches available for Oreo are backported to Nougat. You will be able to find them in the LineageOS changelog

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Find all the corresponding issues and their MRs on the v0.15 milestone