webOS OSE 2.24.0 Release Notes

Release date: November 08, 2023

This version corresponds to the GitHub releases from build #637 to build #659.

New and Changed Features

Core Applications

System

• Enact Browser
  • Fixed a bug that the URL of the address bar wasn’t updated when navigating on Webview.

Application Framework

SDK

• Emulator
  • Fixed a bug that caused build errors in Qt native application.

Managers & Services

Service General

• Added missing API references for services that have been already implemented on the platform: com.palm.service.tellurium

Display

• LSM
  • Fixed a bug where black screens appear when closing mirrored YouTube app.
  • Fixed a bug where cursor customizing won’t work.

Media

• uMS
  • Fixed error code messages.
• audiod
  • Changed ACG names: setSoundOutput, setSoundInput.
• Camera Service
  • Fixed a bug where the camera component caused errors during the build time (32-bit).
  • Fixed a bug where webcams didn’t provide stream data.
• Deleted the dependency between the camera service and uMediaServer service.
• Added a new service: com.webos.service.mediarecorder

Misc.

• Sys. Service
  • Updated ACG of com.webos.service.preference.
  • Fixed a bug where the Europe/Kyiv timezone information is missing.

Base Components

Media

• GStreamer
  • Fixed a bug where the WebEx screen of the host was displayed as a gray box.
• g-camera-pipeline
  • Improved memory management.

i18n / l10n

• iLib
  • Upgraded the latest version of loctool and its plugins (v1.15.1).
• Font
  • Updated system fonts for Dingbat and Bengali.

Diagnostics

• PmLog
  • Fixed a bug that caused permission errors.

Web Engine

• Chromium
  • Upgraded to v108.
• Blink
  • Fixed a bug that caused loading error in Web Browser app.

Build System & SCM

• Fixed an issue on Qt 6.7.0 build.

Known Issues

• Unresponsive popup is displaying when the user stop videos in WebEx.
• VKB is dismissed when the user touches VKB in feedback window.