webOS OSE 2.21.0 Release Notes

Release date: April 27, 2023

This version corresponds to the GitHub releases from build #561 to build #587.

New and Changed Features

Core Applications

System UI

• Status Bar
  • Fixed issues where the volume level and icon were not working properly
• App Bar
  • Fixed an issue where the white dot indicating the app is running was misaligned when using the Arabic language setting
  • Fixed an issue where the search bar was misaligned when using the Arabic language setting

System

• Settings
  • Fixed an issue where the month in the Time & Date menu was not changed properly
  • Fixed an issue where changed region was not updated on the secondary display
• Enact Browser
  • Supports PDF format viewer

Sample Apps

• MS Teams
  • Fixed an issue where the camera wasn’t working properly

Application Framework

SDK

• Fixed an issue where the com.webos.service.sdkagent/collector/startOnBoot method was not working properly

Web

• Enact
  • Updated Enact CLI from v5.1.0 to v5.1.2
  • Updated the Sandstone library from v2.5.2 to v2.6.2

Managers & Services

App

• SAM
  • Added methods in the com.webos.serivce.applicationmanager API:
    • /dev/close
    • /dev/managerInfo
• Activity Manager
  • Resolved inconsistencies in the com.webos.service.activitymanager API

Media

• uMS
  • Resolved inconsistencies in the com.webos.media API
  • Resolved inconsistencies in the com.webos.service.mediacontroller API

Connectivity

• Location Manager
  • Fixed a crash in the mock location
• Bluetooth Manager
  • Resolved inconsistencies in the com.webos.service.bluetooth2 API

Noficication

• Fixed an issue where alert pop-ups were not closed

Misc.

• System Service
  • luna-service2
    • Fixed an issue where debug dump files were stored in the /tmp/ directory
  • Deprecated the com.webos.service.power API

External Device

• Added the com.webos.service.pdm/mountandFullFsck method

Base Components

Media

• g-media-pipeline
  • Adds UnifiedSinkBin to support video rendering on multiple SoCs
• PulseAudio
  • Supports automatic gain control for microphone input
• g-camera-pipeline
  • Supports dynamic zoom and auto PTZ features for cameras

i18n / l10n

• iLib
  • Updated the version from v14.15.1 to v14.17.0

Web Engine

• Blink
  • Fixed an issue where a white screen was displayed when the user launched the Enact browser

Known Issues

• In the YouTube app, the main page is loaded with invalid IP addresses.
• In the YouTube app, the playback doesn’t start from the last keyframe position.
• Playing the following audio does not stop the previous audio.