Ubuntu Touch

Ubuntu Touch
Developer	UBports Foundation / community
Working state	Active
Source model	Open source
Initial release	Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview
Latest release	Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0
Package manager	OpenStore

Ubuntu Touch is a Linux-based mobile operating system for smartphones, tablets, and experimental devices. It is developed by the UBports community and focuses on privacy, open-source software, and convergence.

Releases

Item	Data
Current major base	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Previous major base	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

History

Ubuntu Touch was first made available as a developer preview on 21 February 2013. A 1.0-style release, Ubuntu Touch 1.0, followed on 17 October 2013.

On 5 April 2017, Canonical announced that it would stop development of Ubuntu Touch. Later that month, development was taken over by the UBports community, which continued maintaining and developing the operating system.

On 30 September 2025, UBports released Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0, the first stable Ubuntu Touch release based on Ubuntu 24.04.

Supported devices

Device	Notes
FuriPhone FLX1	Community-supported; Ubuntu Touch can be installed alongside Furios
Volla Phone	Available with Ubuntu Touch
Volla Phone 22	Promoted Ubuntu Touch device
Volla Phone Quintus	Promoted Ubuntu Touch device
PinePhone	Native Linux phone supported by Ubuntu Touch
PinePhone Pro	Native Linux phone supported by Ubuntu Touch
Fairphone 4	Reference device
Fairphone 5	Reference device; described by UBports as one of the best-supported devices

Hardware layer

Many Ubuntu Touch ports use Halium, which allows the system to reuse parts of Android hardware support. UBports documentation lists Halium versions connected to Android versions from 7.1 through 13.0. Since Ubuntu Touch 20.04, most ports are normally based on Halium 9.0 or later.

Apps

Ubuntu Touch uses the OpenStore as its app store. OpenStore is community-run and is installed by default on UBports builds.

References