Lineage OS 21 brings Android 14 to the legendary custom ROM

Android customized ROMs are extraordinarily helpful for supporting gadgets which are now not being supported by the telephone OEM. One of the common customized ROMs is Lineage OS, and it’s put in on all kinds of Android gadgets. With Android 14 right here and all settled, it was time for Lineage OS to get a platform, and it received simply that and extra with the brand new Lineage OS 21 replace.

Lineage OS 21 relies on the most recent Android 14 QPR 1 launch and consists of all safety patches as much as February 2024. So, when you set up Lineage OS 21 on a supported telephone, you’ll get the most recent of Android proper now.

Whereas the platform replace is purpose for celebration by itself, the Lineage OS crew has additionally made a number of enhancements to their apps. Lineage OS has to both use inventory AOSP apps or create open-source replacements, and it’s pretty troublesome for a bunch of volunteers to work on customized ROMs after which the apps, too, so their work is commendable. Apps which have gotten enhancements embrace:

• Aperture (digital camera app)
• Calculator
• Contacts
• Dialer
• Eleven (music participant)
• Jelly (browser)
• LatinIME (keyboard)
• Messaging

One other massive spotlight of this replace is the brand new Glimpse app, now the default gallery app on Lineage OS 21. The app’s focus is to supply a clear, easy, and trendy UI with all the bottom options you’d anticipate from a gallery app.

There are many different adjustments, and we encourage you to examine the announcement for the complete changelog.

Lineage OS 21 builds can be found for over 100 gadgets, and the crew can even be sustaining Lineage OS 18.1 builds to proceed supporting legacy gadgets.