With the last month KDE Plasma official release 5.17 , KDE team will shift focus to the next major version update. KDE Plasma 5.18 desktop environment and development work has already started a few months ago, as the next LTS (long term support) version will be released early next year , promises many new features and enhancements.
In Enhancements KDE Plasma 5.18 LTS Desktop environment that allows users to select and remove multiple Bluetooth devices that support KSysGuard to display status information on NVIDIA graphics card and add the "Home" button in the system settings in order to return to the user to the home page.
Currently part of the page system page has been re-adjusted, for example, "General Behavior" page existing global animation speed slider to control the speed of all animations or turn it off, in addition to fonts in the system settings page added "Defaults "button, to improve as expected.
In addition, Baloo file search system settings page has been redesigned, with a new user interface based on QML, the cursor can be matched in the system settings and options, so you can preview the new style to change the cursor.
KDE Plasma 5.18 LTS also promises improved when moving or adjusting the window size in the full-screen X11 and Wayland, more simplified display style and Plasma Audio Volume applet their respective "System Settings" appearance of the page, and a search widget and add feature content.
According to the roadmap, KDE Plasma Beta version 5.18 LTS of 2020 will be released January 16, the official version will be estimated in 2020 February 11 release, we will continue to support in 2022.
Source: cnBeta