webOS OSE 2.6.0 Release Notes

Release date: July 20, 2020

This version corresponds to the GitHub releases from build #198 to build #218.

New and Changed Features

Core Applications

System

• Enact Browser
  • Modified the bookmark feature that users have an option whether to add a shortcuts app to the Home Launcher when adding a bookmark by tapping the star icon
  • Updated package.json dependencies to the latest version

System UI

• Home Launcher
  • Added the feature to show a badge on a bookmark

Application Framework

SDK

• Released Command-Line Interface (CLI) 1.12.0

Managers & Services

App

• SAM
  • Modified to make it available to run a launcher on the primary display (HDMI0) and a bareapp on the secondary display (HDMI1)

Connectivity

• Added the nmeaparser library
• Added mock NMEA related changes in location service modules
• Added the GPS mock nyx queryProviders command and improvement of GPS location data response

Display

• LSM
  • Introduced new WebOSCompositor import scheme
  • Added a debug option to visualize the display boundary
  • Updated qtbase patches
  • Added an option for MaliitServer to disable LS2 service
  • Upgraded Qt to 5.12.8

i18n/l10n

• Added a color font emoji

Media

• Implemented the WebRTC hardware decoding pipeline
• Added Generic AV migrated camera pipeline

Web Engine

• Blink
  • Added display affinity to network settings parameters
  • Added the webOSLocaleChange event
  • Implemented the web media player and video decoder for WebRTC
  • Added the local storage manager feature
  • Added support for launching web apps on multiple displays with different resolutions

Base Components

i18n/l10n

• Replaced the localization tool

Build System & SCM

OpenSSL

• Updated to v1.1.1g

Fixed Issues

• n/a

Known Issues

• If Youtube playback speed is adjusted to other than normal speed, the loader spins continuously and the video won’t play.