| guide | LineageOS 19 has been officially released. LineageOS 19 is based on Android 12, the security patch is updated to April 2022, and the dark mode is enabled by default. |
The announcement also reads that LineageOS 19 will not support older devices. This is because AOSP has removed iptables in favor of eBPF, which is a newer, more efficient kernel-side implementation. But only Linux 4.9 or higher kernels can use eBPF, there is a backport for devices using the 4.4 kernel, and devices using the 3.18 or lower kernel will stop supporting it.
Major new features
- WebView updated to Chromium 100.0.4896.127
- Dark mode enabled by default
- Completely rewrote the volume panel introduced in Android 12, changing it to a side pop-up expansion panel
- Fix and optimize AOSP Gallery app
- Fixes and optimizations for web browser Jelly
- Brand new setup wizard with new Android 12 style icons, animations and tons of new configurable pages
- Provides a fresh set of icons for almost all apps (including system apps)
- The default toolchain for compiling the kernel uses AOSP Clang
- adb_root service is no longer bound to the build type property
The new version also provides support for more new devices, see Changelog for details.
LineageOS is a free, free, open-source fork of Android for smartphones and tablets. It is the successor to the popular custom ROM CyanogenMod.
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