SailfishOS 4.5 EA - What's new!?

We had to wait for a bit longer time but a new EA version is out now of SailfishOS. Version 4.5 comes with some new features that I show here.
You can see the detailed changes and release note here: forum.sailfishos.org/t/releas...
What do you think about the new improvements?

[@TheBoko7]

stunning UI interface, and I hope if a big investment comes to the company, it will be a great alternative to the duopoly market.

[@RTheren]

That's one chonker of an update.

[@negativeplayer4446]

I think I might have to try this one out when I get a phone...an old one. For those who have connections with the developers, can you forward my suggestion ? Thanks! Gesture nav and control center optimization. So... How about we just swipe from the left/right to navigate the entire UI? Let me explain: Being able to just simply swipe from one side of your phone to navigate the entire UI would be amazing! And I think this has already nailed that. I would love for this to be further implemented to the rest of the OS, like in Third Party Apps for instance. And how about moving the notification and control center to the bottom, like in the iPhones before? But, what I'm really curious about this is if it is possible to run SailfishOS on basic phones? Like Qwerty phones the size of the Nokia E72 with the specs of like... an iPhone 6? Dual core SOC, 512mb RAM, 4GB ROM. Because I think there's a space in this world for classic phones, and.... I'd want that, honestly.

[@replacesoundboard]

Hey, that looks like a very user friendly experience, although a part of me still prefers UT for some reasons. Perhaps just a preference (a bit like choosing between Mac and Windows I guess?). Still, that looks very promising

[@dinozaurpickupline4221]

What a Frankenstein of an os love it

[@ContinuumGaming]

Very nicely done. :)

[@lltechview]

Thank you

[@tuwincantik1025]

🤝

[@hotzenplotzrakete8869]

hallo. is it now possible to upload pictures with an native nextcloud-sfOS-Client ? In the past, i have had much problems with uploads ( not downloads ) Is there a good music-player in the jolla shop = native app ? can you recomend the sony III for standard-document-fotography ? ( only for text + graphic-docs, = jpeg, a.s.o. )

[@lltechview]

There is non built-in the OS. I did not see a native client. As for good music player. I like the default one. Its good enough to play back local files. Xperia 10 III is ok for document photography.

[@denniskonig5809]

Nice video! How do i receive an early access update?

[@lltechview]

You have to enable it in your Jolla account on the website afaik

[@denniskonig5809]

@@lltechview Worked great - now downloading! 😎👍

[@drakegao1]

It is just really hard to us in the US. MMS can't be setup and there seems to be no concept of group text message on the os.

[@ingusmant]

Have you tried some heavy apps like RetroArch? How did it go?

[@lltechview]

I did not try it on this device. But the older 10 II and here it was working fine for the hardware it is running on.

[@calinutzzz]

Is your daily driver a sailfish device? Thank you! Besides the banking app, which in my case is still not working, cause the app detected that the booloader is unlocked and blocked my account, I do not miss anything from ios/android world.

[@lltechview]

Not anymore. I was using a Sailfish device for 4 years and decided its time for a change

[@calinutzzz]

@@lltechview May I ask you, what are you using now? Maybe you said in the previous videos, but somehow I missed that.

[@lltechview]

@@calinutzzz Huawei Mate 50 Pro & Xperia Pro i

[@calinutzzz]

@@lltechview Thank you very much!

[@ContinuumGaming]

@@calinutzzz My main driver (and pretty much only driver) is an Xperia 10 III with SFOS on it, not missing a lot of things. But I am not using any banking apps... Paypal works pretty nicely and the other things are done at my bank account or by card. No showstopper for me anyware but a lot better privacy and easy to access any data on the phone including system files to patch, etc. Just more than worth it, if you ask me to have close to full control over my personal data and my phone.

[@pepear.6817]

Sailfish looks and is promising, but it's just a playing toy for developers. There are some crucial things that are missing, for example: the three cameras of the Xperia 10 mark 3 are not available, only the main one. and the most important one: there is no Bluetooth passthrough to the android support. meaning, the android apps cannot use the Bluetooth connection of the Xperia. this is a deal breaker for me, and the reason why the phone is sitting in a drawer instead of being my daily driver.

[@dinozaurpickupline4221]

They should just port gcam

[@KAMYKAZE.]

is it possible to install sailfish OS on sony xperia 10 IV?

[@lltechview]

Latest device supported officially is only released for 10 III

[@merta0567]

I want to use sailfishos on my poco x5 pro (redwood) device, how can I do this?

[@lltechview]

Only if someone ported it to this device

[@bezpardonni510]

Can i set up this OS in my Huawei? If yes - howcan i do this?

[@lltechview]

Thats not possible on Huawei devices sadly

[@janicknoll9773]

Possible to install sailfish on Xperia 1 I?

[@lltechview]

I did see a port yes. It's a community effort

[@jimjamz.]

Review of an alternative mobile OS and the first thing discussed is ... Android support. Discussing the Android security patch level and a demonstration of Android apps working on an alternative OS shows the reviewer really misses the point of Sailfish OS. Also, Vulkan is not a 3D engine, but a 3D API to allow software to take advantage of graphics library features enabled on the GPU. Please understand these topics before you begin to discuss them, otherwise you are misleading viewers. I'm so happy I didn't go with the Xperia 10 iii last year, just for Sailfish. They *still* haven't got support for the phones actual features like the multi-lens camera. For me, SailfishOS will remain as a toy on my Xperia X (since 2017), until the OS can support all of the features of a flagship device from the day they announce that they actually support it.

[@lltechview]

This is not a review of the OS just a video about the new features of the OS. Regarding Vulkan you are right. Aswell as the Xperia 10 III. The 10 II is the best device currently with all supported features.

[@pongoni7586]

what phone is that

[@lltechview]

Sony Xperia 10 III

[@earthtaurus5515]

@1:24 You should have blanked out the IMEI numbers lol.

[@f_ftactics7928]

not sure why Sailfish is slower than Android and IOS at it's core. The OS is even written in c++, right?

[@lltechview]

Yes it is. It is not really slower. This one runs constant at 60fps

[@drakegao816]

@@lltechview sorry, I meant things like the app launching, or like the native browser is slower than browsers in other systems. I have it on my Xperia 10ii

[@lltechview]

@@drakegao816 Yes thats true. That has something to do with caching and reloading. The browser is already preloaded but Android for example does way more preloading then SailfishOS. Basically the browser is never closed. On SailfishOS ita different

[@RMS887FM]

hope this can beat android!

[@user-zt5jk5wq1f]

how to roll back to factory settings in sailfish?

[@lltechview]

You can reset in settings

[@user-zt5jk5wq1f]

@@lltechview Where?

[@lltechview]

@@user-zt5jk5wq1f System - Reset device

[@user-zt5jk5wq1f]

@@lltechview Excuse me. System - (Sailfish OS updates, Users, Backup, Storage, Time and date, Language, Text input, Battery, Developer tools). I can't find "Reset device".

[@lltechview]

@@user-zt5jk5wq1f Which device?

[@Gwakari]

The UI still looks same as 8 years ago on Jolla Phone. Nothing new. Shame

[@drakegao1]

Microsoft 365 Exchange account is gone after the recent update

[@lltechview]

Install it from the store

[@drakegao816]

Which store? Storeman or Jolla Store?

[@ramirowski580]

5g? it's available??

[@lltechview]

Not yet afaik

[@ramirowski580]

@@lltechview the good is, the hardware capability it's there...