webOS OSE 2.15.0 Release Notes

Release date: February 18, 2022

This version corresponds to the GitHub releases from build #420 to build #437.

New and Changed Features

Core Applications

System UI

• Home Launcher
  • Added component/resource customization features for QML apps

System

• Enact Browser
  • Fixed the issue where browsed websites being displayed multiple times in the history

Application Framework

SDK

• CLI
  • Updated to v2.3.1

Web

• Enact
  • Merged the fixed version of the sampler focusing

Managers & Services

App

• SAM
  • Included com.webos.applicationManager to allowed group names
  • Removed the com.webos.lunasend check step
• Activity Manager
  • Added proxy call support
  • Adjusted the ACG permission of Activity Manager
• WAM
  • Refactored WAM error pages
• Memory Manager
  • Added memory check in the requireMemory

Display

• LSM
  • Implemented the presentation time protocol in LSM
  • Removed DRM buffer support from Waylandsink
  • Improved Qt app rendering performance
  • Added mouse/keyboard support

Media

• audiod
  • Added support for track volume

Intelligence

• Context Intent Manager
  • Fixed Google Assistance’s custom action that the fact generator node isn’t able to launch YouTube app

Miscellaneous

• bugreport
  • Updated the webosreporter password policy

Base Components

i18n/l10n

• iLib
  • Applied iLib v14.12.0

Web Engine

• Chromium
  • Upgraded to v91
  • Modified Blink to show error pages only when errors are in the main frame
• Implemented GPU vsync provider for Wayland
• Fixed the issue where camera preview is not displayed on the screen

Emulator

• Enabled oomd in the kernel for OSE emulator
• Enabled swap and zram for OSE emulator

Fixed Issues

• n/a

Known Issues

• The inclusion of keyboard and mouse support might have some side effects, which will be resolved in the future releases.