KDE Plasma Mobile 22.09 arrives with a redesigned home screen

The launch of the new version of KDE Plasma Mobile 22.09, which is based on the Plasma 5 desktop mobile edition, the KDE Frameworks 5 libraries, ModemManager, and the Telepathy communications framework.

In this new version the changes prepared in the KDE Plasma 5.26 branch were transferred to the mobile shell and the most notable are the improvements made to notifications and warnings, keyboard improvements, indicators and more.

KDE Plasma Mobile 22.09 Key New Features

In this new version that is presented of KDE Plasma Mobile 22.09, andn the quick settings drop-down panel in the notification list, there was a button to clear all notifications, as well as a "do not disturb" switch to temporarily disable pop-up notifications. yese added warnings about missing SIM card or the lack of the access point (APN) to the quick configuration for the mobile connection.

Work has been done to install KDE Plasma Mobile together with Plasma Desktop and use a common configuration that can be useful on touchscreen tablets that they can use a normal desktop when connected with a keyboard and mouse, but can use the mobile version of KDE when systems offline. You can now switch to the "Plasma Mobile" global theme in settings to switch to a mobile environment in a desktop environment and enter a Plasma Mobile session. To launch Plasma Mobile, a separate startplasmamobile script was used instead of kwinwrapper.

In Plasma Dialer, the screen for receiving incoming calls has been redesigned, Besides that se have fixed many bugs related to handling incoming calls, notification of new calls, haptic feedback and sound mode change, also highlights that an incoming call indicator has been added that is shown when the screen is locked. You can now accept or reject a call with a swipe gesture, the necessary extensions for KWin and the Wayland protocol have been implemented, and an option to ignore unknown numbers that are not in the address book has been added.

Another change that stands out in this new version is that added a button to the navigation bar to turn the on-screen keyboard on and off, which can be used to access the on-screen keyboard when working with applications that don't support launching its output (for example, programs that use XWayland).

In addition to this, I also know that a button has been added to the interface to switch between running applications (Task Switcher) to close all the windows, pressing what requires confirmation of the operation.

Of the other changes that stand out in this new version:

• Correct display of the connection via mobile network indicator in the status bar has been adjusted.
• A new home screen is enabled by default: Halcyon, optimized for one-handed operation and featuring a new interface design to customize the look.
• The weather widget was moved to use OpenGL when displaying the background, which improved performance on low-power devices.
• The layout of the settings section has been changed.
• Implemented interface adaptation for tablets and other devices with large screens.
• The terminal emulator has a new mobile style on the settings page.
• Added options to change font options and use a transparent background.
• On devices with large screens, settings are displayed in a separate dialog and a tabbed panel has been added.
• The interface style of the configurator is optimized for mobile devices.
• The module with the power consumption settings has been redone.
• Work continued on the Raven project, which develops an email client for Plasma Mobile based on a prototype client with support for the Akonadi framework.
• Added the ability to set separate notifications for each chat room.
• Implemented the ability to filter rooms in the list.
• The Kasts interface has been simplified, combining pages with podcast information and episode list.

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