The built-in web browser on Ubuntu Touch has been stuck on a Chromium engine from 2020 for years, rendering large swaths of the modern web broken or inaccessible. That changes with the 24.04-2.0 release, shipped 2026-07-24, which jumps Morph Browser from Chromium 87 all the way to Chromium 134. The UBports team says the upgrade "improves compatibility with today's websites and web applications significantly" and lays the groundwork for more frequent engine updates in future 24.04-2.x releases. Alongside the engine jump, UBports now ships an optional Widevine installer, meaning DRM-protected streaming services can run directly in the browser for the first time.
The release also adds practical features that chip away at the gap between Ubuntu Touch and mainstream mobile operating systems. Printing support, installable through System Settings, lets users print documents directly from the phone without reaching for another device. The Lomiri shell gains a built-in screenshot editor for cropping, rotating, and color-adjusting captures before sharing. Display notch and rounded-corner avoidance is now handled properly on supported hardware, though only in portrait orientation for now, with the Fairphone 4 and 5, all Volla phones, and several community-maintained devices already configured.
Hardware video decoding in the updated Morph Browser is not yet functional, so video playback falls back to software rendering with higher power consumption. The update runs on more than two dozen devices including the Fairphone 5, PinePhone Pro, Google Pixel 3a, OnePlus 6/6T, several Xiaomi handsets, and the newly supported Zinwa Q25. A full list of compatible hardware and install instructions is available on the devices page.
