14 DAY TRIAL // One of our readers informs us that the upcoming Ubuntu Touch OTA-14 software update for supported Ubuntu Phone and Ubuntu Tablet devices will introduce a new task manager that supports wallpaper and app icons.
It's been one and a half months since Canonical released the OTA-13 version of its Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system, and the development of the OTA-14 update has been rather slow during all this time. Those brave enough to use the rc-proposed channel were fortunate to get an early taste of what's coming to the Ubuntu mobile OS.
And it looks like this lovely task manager that supports background images and app icons at the bottom of each opened window you'll scroll when entering the application switcher mode is one of the coolest things coming to the Ubuntu Touch OTA-14 software update, which should get an official launch sometime in mid-November.
It also appears that Canonical's Lukasz Zemczak is back from a short break to inform Ubuntu Phone and Tablet users that Ubuntu Touch OTA-14 is a bugfix-focused release, and preparations for the new stable update should start somewhere around next week when the Release Candidate image will be available for testing.
Attached, you can see the new task manager in action running on an Ubuntu Phone device, courtesy of Tomas Vicik, and if you're curious to know which bug fixes Canonical prepared for the upcoming Ubuntu Touch OTA-14 software update, we recommend taking a look at the Launchpad page, where 30 bugs were targeted.
Thanks Tomas Vicik for the news tip and screenshot!