LineageOS 20 based on Android 13 is officially launched

In the world of third-party Android ROMs, LineageOS is among the most popular. Months after the official release of Android 13 for Pixel phones, LineageOS 20 has arrived based on the latest mobile operating system.

announced in a long blog post by Lineage team, LineageOS 20 has been in the works since October 2022 but is now ready for a significant number of devices. Because a lot of the work has already been done, and the simple “setup requirements” for Android 13, it was an easier process for the Lineage team.

This release includes a substantial overhaul of the default camera app that comes with LineageOS 20. Renamed “Aperture”, it was written by developer SebaUbuntu, LuK1337 and luca020400 with a look closer to the Google Camera app found on Pixel phones. It uses the CameraX API, with even finer options for the camera on your device, including video frame rate control, full EIS and OIS settings, and an image orientation level which works like the Gcam bubble level functionality.

The new camera app is just the tip of the iceberg as this ROM includes a ton of additional changes which you can check out via the changelog below. It should also be noted that all security patches from April 2022 through December 2022 have also been merged with LineageOS 17.1 through LineageOS 20.

Complete LineageOS 20 Changelog

Security patches from April 2022 to December 2022 have been merged with LineageOS 17.1 to 20.

ohmagoditfinallyhappened LineageOS now has an awesome new camera app called Aperture! It’s based on (mostly) awesome from Google CameraX library and provides a much closer “stock” camera app experience on many devices. Huge congratulations to developers SebaUbuntu, LuK1337 and luca020400 who originally developed it, designer Vazguard, and the whole team for working to integrate it into LineageOS and adapt it to our wide range of supported devices!

WebView has been updated to Chromium 108.0.5359.79.

We introduced a completely redone volume panel in Android 13 and expanded our side expansion panel.

We now support GKI and Linux 5.10 versions with full support for off-tree modules to match the new AOSP conventions.

Our fork of the AOSP Gallery app has seen many fixes and improvements.

Our Updater app has seen many bug fixes and improvements, plus a fancy new Android TV layout!

Our web browser, Jelly, has seen several bug fixes and improvements!

We’ve made even more upstream changes and improvements to FOSS Etar calendar app that we integrated a while back!

We’ve contributed even more upstream changes and improvements to the Vault backup app.

Our Recorder app has been adapted to take into account the built-in functionality of Android, while providing the features you expect from LineageOS.

The application was seriously late.

The hardware you support has been added.

The high quality recorder (WAV format) now supports stereo and several threading fixes have been made.

Android TV builds now come with an ad-free Android TV launcher, unlike Google’s ad-enabled launcher – we also support Google TV-style builds and are evaluating their passage on supported devices at the latest. ‘coming.

Several features of Google TV, such as the much more attractive two-panel settings app, have been ported to LineageOS Android TV builds.

Our adb_root service is no longer tied to the build type property, allowing greater compatibility with many third-party root systems.

Our merge scripts have been extensively overhauled, greatly simplifying the Android Security Bulletin merging process, as well as streamlining supporting devices such as Pixel devices that have full source builds.

LLVM has been fully adopted, with releases now defaulting to LLVM bin-utils and, optionally, the LLVM built-in assembler. For those of you with older kernels, don’t worry, you can always unsubscribe.

A global quick settings lighting mode has been developed so that this UI element matches the theme of the device.

Our setup wizard has been adapted for Android 13, with a new look and smoother transitions/user experience.

Currently, the build list does not yet include Tensor-powered Pixel devices. However, the Pixel 4a through Pixel 5a is able to flash LineageOS 20 and get an even more flexible version of Android 13 running. Over 30 devices can now be updated with the full list below:

To support LineageOS 20, version 18.1 now comes with a “freeze feature”. Device submissions will still be accepted in the future, but the focus will be on Android 12 and Android 13 versions going forward.