webOS OSE 2.16.0 Release Notes

Release date: May 11, 2022

This version corresponds to the GitHub releases from build #438 to build #456.

New and Changed Features

Core Applications

System

• Enact Browser
  • Implemented a popup block feature
  • Changed the UI design of the site filter
  • Implemented cookie management for Enact browser
  • Implemented a feature to manage allowed/blocked URLs list

Sample Apps

• Media Gallery App
  • Added keyboard/mouse support
• Image Viewer
  • Fixed the issue that when image slide show is playing, next and previous buttons are working even if they are disabled

Managers & Services

Display

• LSM
  • Updated scheduler for new adaptive update
  • Fixed the issue that the web browser not shown on the emulator

Media

• audiod
  • Implemented fix for palerts and setSourceInputVolume

Notification

• Notification Manager
  • Added fix for Alert not displayed

Settings

• Settings Service
  • Added locale info support

SW Update

• SW Updater
  • The SW Updater service has been retired

System Service

• Added the HDMI-CEC feature

Base Components

Display

• Qt
  • Rebased patches to v6.3.0
  • Applied webOS patches with maxver instead of SRCREV

Media

• Fixed the thumbnail generation issue for video in USB
• Added rtpsrc plugin in gstreamer bad plugin
• Added streaming support for UDP/RTP/RTSP protocols in the media pipeline

i18n/l10n

• Added new locales to webOS OSE
• iLib
  • Synced up with iLib 14.13.0 version

Connectivity

• BlueZ
  • Updated to handle special characters for client ID

Web Engine

• Blink
  • Fixed video play for files whose name contain special character
  • Fixed app title and icons displa
  • Fixed Play/Pause not working on Bluetooth devices
  • Fixed Reddit Favicon not appearing on the first tap of the web browser

Emulator

• Disabled mouse wheel on touch mode for emulator

Debugging Tool

• Implemented EBD (eBPF dynamic tracing tool) for Raspberry Pi 4 images

Fixed Issues

• n/a

Known Issues

• n/a