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July 16, 2015 by JuhaniLassila

Next in the pipeline: ‘Sailfish OS 2.0’

Greetings from our team in Mobile World Congress Shanghai! Here we’ve just announced our first-ever Sailfish OS licensing partner Intex Technologies, who will be bringing Sailfish OS based devices to the market in India later this year. Big news for Sailfish OS, Jolla and our partners!

Here we’ve been talking a lot also about Sailfish OS 2.0. We didn’t put out any official press releases about it, but now we want to update you about it: the next software update will be something big, as we launch the biggest update in Sailfish OS history, something that we call ‘Sailfish OS 2.0’.

We also did a cool video about it, check it out:

New visually refreshed user interface

Sailfish OS 2.0 will be the 17th Sailfish OS software update from Jolla. It has lots to offer, and we’re so excited to bring it to you soon!

The biggest software update to date introduces a totally new and visually refreshed user interface, which is fast and easy to use, enhancing the flow of the OS dramatically, and making the user interface designed for seamless multitasking even more effective than before.

For our dear Sailfish OS customers, Sailfish OS 2.0 includes improved Android application compatibility and browser experience, smoother transitions throughout the OS and overall improved stability and performance. Because of these improvements the daily use of Sailfish OS should become even faster and smoother.

Empowering smartphones and tablets

The introduction of Sailfish OS 2.0 means also that Sailfish OS now empowers both tablets and smartphones. On the Jolla Tablet we can say that the new Sailfish OS 2.0 UI is award winning, already before it is officially out! In Mobile World Congress Barcelona, in March 2015 we won the Best Tablet of MWC award for the Jolla Tablet prototype.

Look out for more tablet updates soon here in our blog; we are doing our best to ship it as soon as possible.

PeoplePowered!

Sailfish OS has always been a people powered platform. While maturing to Sailfish OS 2.0 we’ve listened closely to user feedback through customer polls and together.jolla.com, and worked together with our community to build the best user experience possible.

The whole Jolla team wants to thank wholeheartedly our fans, followers and community members for the support along the journey. Lots of LOVE!

When can I get it?

Sailfish OS 2.0 will be available in our next software update through our normal release process. In a few weeks our early access customers will get a first try for it, and then quickly after, every Sailfish OS user will get to experience the new smooth user interface and all other new stuff it has in store. We can’t wait to release it!

We will share more details on the update soon!

JuhaniLassila

JuhaniLassila

Head of Communications for Jolla. International PR & Communications professional. Music enthusiast. Guitarist in the Jolla Cruise Band, among other bands.

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28 Comments

  1. Dulog on July 16, 2015 at 8:18 am

    Thanks for the update! As nerd I would love to read a bit more about technical details / changes (kernel, frameworks, APIs, …) ;-)

    If you write “in a few weeks”, what does this mean for the tablet? As there are just 2 weeks till “end of july”, I guess it’s getting a delay?

    • fvalpondi on July 16, 2015 at 9:05 am

      I hope the Tablet will be shipped by the end of July. Eventually with a “primitive” version of Sailfish 2.0 followed by the big update!

      “ME WANT TABLET!!” Omnomnomnomnom :-) :-)

  2. Azca_ on July 16, 2015 at 9:21 am

    Good news !

    But will Sailfish become open source one day…?

  6. Mariusmssj on July 16, 2015 at 2:00 pm

    This is great :) Can’t wait for the update!

  7. alinajafi on July 16, 2015 at 2:20 pm

    Thanks for your good news. I can’t wait to see the new UI on my phone.

  8. Dave999 on July 16, 2015 at 7:38 pm

    Hi, thanks for info about Sail 2.0. But why do you guys handle the tablet, backers and crowed funding like non-existent?

    no usful info at all regarding tablet for a long long time. Please show us something.

  9. vishusf on July 16, 2015 at 8:28 pm

    well at last india’s wait is over sailfish os gonna hit in india with intex technoligies…. we are waiting for next sailfish os device

  10. vishusf on July 16, 2015 at 9:09 pm

    usually intex not much familiar in india. There specification are much lower weak hardwares and mediatek processors.If they are gonna move with sailfish os make them to do with higher spec with strong hardwares mainly not with mediatek processors

    • JuhaniLassila
      JuhaniLassila on July 17, 2015 at 5:03 am

      Hi vishusf! Intex’s Sailfish OS 2.0 device will be based on the hardware platform we have built for them – based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 200/600/800 processors, exact specs are yet to be announced. Check yesterday’s press release for a bit more details.

  12. ericjright on July 17, 2015 at 2:48 am

    Aaah , if only I could have this on my Oneplus One.

  13. JoOppen on July 17, 2015 at 5:25 pm

    “Coming soon to a Smartphone next to you” is a great promise, highly appreciated. To which Smartphone next to me (I am in Europe) does it come? Do you mean my trusted Jolla 1? Or something a little bit more up-to-date?

  14. jacksparrow on July 20, 2015 at 3:04 pm

    @JuhaniLassila : can you pls explain about “partner space”?

  15. redge73 on July 21, 2015 at 1:38 am

    SailfishOS 2.0 would be available on next Nokia SmartPhone reborn 2nd time next year 2016 back to source ?

    • dgolcher on July 28, 2015 at 10:15 pm

      Jolla, Sailfish and Nokia… that would be like a dream come true… but I still love my little under-powered otherhalf.

  16. Dave999 on July 22, 2015 at 6:51 pm

    Hi Jolla. When will you confirm GO/NoGO for end of July?

    • Entry3 on July 22, 2015 at 7:58 pm

      Yeah, I also would like to know that, even if it seems to be obvious now that they won’t start shipping it within the end of July.

    • Copernicus on July 23, 2015 at 5:39 am

      Hi Dave. :) I’m not Jolla, but if you’ll kindly read above, they stated that Sailfish 2.0 would be available to early access folks “in a few weeks.” Given that they said this just _one_ week ago, I feel confident in predicting that it will be available some time after the end of July…

      However, I’m betting that you’re really asking about when the tablet will ship. :) Again, if you’ll check back to the July 6th “Jolla Tablet Update” blog, you’ll find that they’ve already mentioned that their “end-July shipping target may be affected.” So, no need for any additional confirmation here; they’ve already warned you that the end of July is no longer a hard target.

      Hey, I’m waiting with bated breath as well. :) But best to just wait and let these folks finish the process. The tablet will come when it will come…

  17. dgolcher on July 28, 2015 at 10:14 pm

    So excited even though you do not distribute in America I was able to get a jolla and really believe I am the only user in Costa Rica. Ditched all my phones and stuck only to you guys.
    2.0 seems like a move to the more mature and intuitive meego UX and flow.
    Question, the phone seems to be getting ever so slow with each release… is the OS in dire need of a hardware update due to HW needs?

  18. launchpad on September 2, 2015 at 5:46 pm

    Gigaset …

    why not convincing them to license Sailfish OS / launching a Sailfish Edition ? Devices do not look to bad specswise – except for becoming just another droidphone-maker on the market …
    Maybe devices will be more available than OnePlus devices – and they have USB 3.0 ONBOARD as well ;)
    http://www.gigaset.com/en_en/gigaset-smartphones/gigaset-me-pro.html

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