Building a New Path for Mobile: Partnering with UBports

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We’re happy to announce our partnership with UBports to bring Ubuntu Touch to the BraX3 and next gen Brax products.

Who Are UBports

For those unfamiliar, UBports is the foundation behind the linux-based mobile Operating System Ubuntu Touch. Their mission is to maintain and grow Ubuntu Touch as a truly community-driven, open-source mobile operating system.

Unlike traditional platforms, UBports is powered by volunteers, developers, and users around the world who share a common vision: mobile technology should be open, secure, and built for the people who use it - not for corporations that exploit it.

You can learn more about UBports and their mission on their official About page.

Why This Collaboration Matters

It’s not news that we’re tired of the Google-Apple duopoly. Those are your options: one company that monetizes your data, or another that locks you into their ecosystem. That’s not real choice.

There should be more options. That’s why Ubuntu Touch matters - it’s a Linux-based mobile OS that’s actually independent from the big two. Not an Android fork, not embedded in Apple’s ecosystem. Something different.

The UBports community has been keeping Ubuntu Touch alive and improving it for years. We’re excited to support that work and bring more hardware into the ecosystem.

What We’re Doing

We’re porting Ubuntu Touch to the BraX3 and creating resources so anyone can install, test, or contribute to Ubuntu Touch on Brax hardware.

Is Ubuntu Touch perfect? No. Is it ready for everyone? Not yet. But that’s exactly why this matters - someone has to push these alternatives forward.

We’ll Need Your Help

We’re hoping to have a working port within the next few weeks.

When this is ready, we’ll need testers. Lots of them.

We’ll publish guides on how to install Ubuntu Touch on your BraX3, how to contribute feedback, and how to help make this thing actually work in the real world. If you’re a developer, tester, or a user -we’ll need you.

This only works if the community gets involved. That’s how Ubuntu Touch has survived this long, and that’s how we’ll make it better.

What This Really Means

Ubuntu Touch on BraX3 isn’t just about having another OS option. It’s about proving that the community can build real alternatives to the big two. We’re not stopping at Android forks - we’re going deeper.

— The Brax Team

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I’m not a developer but I am willing to test it and provide feedback. I seriously can’t wait. As long as I can transition back and forth easily between IODE and Ubuntu Touch, I’m in. However, my goal is to stay in Ubuntu Touch. Just want to be able to go back to IODE as a last resort.

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Count me in. Been developing software in vehicle infotaiment for the last 24 years.

I need my Brax bro, phone though. You dig. Brax has been havin me hangin.

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This is really what I’m interested in… with all the AOSP hoopla… just a linux OS on a phone…

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Yes. :man_dancing:

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I’m in! As soon as it it ready I have a Brax3 waiting to be flashed.

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Getting there :slight_smile:

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This is very nice to see! I’ve never used any mobile OS except Ubuntu Touch. It’s not perfect, and those considering it would be well advised to look into it first at the UBports forum, but it can do everything I need it to. Aside from some limitations, it is shockingly smooth and nice to use.
With the 3G sunset looming here in Canada, and a lot of the best supported UT devices difficult to get and less compatible with North American networks, it’s very encouraging to see this coming along.
Will be keeping tabs on this and considering very seriously buying a Brax 3! Thanks a lot to the devs for their work on this port.

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Have a second brax3 i ordered just for this. I’ve been using UBtouch on a oneplus 6t and a vollaphone 22 but neither have working volte yet, atleast for the USA. Really hope it works on this. But either way I’m flashing asap and testing.

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Looking forward to this. :grinning_face:

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I’m using it as part of the alpha testing. The more I use it, the more I’m considering it as a daily driver.

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Im keen for another OS. Does the wifi calling fault disappear with this one? The phone is largely unusable currently for me being rural

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Note that Ubuntu Touch is a fully separate operating system, not at all based on android.
It’s a big change, with a much smaller app ecosystem. There’s an android emulator, but not everything works through emulation.
And as @plamen says, it’s still in alpha testing on the Brax 3.

But as I understand it, VoWifi is working on Ubuntu Touch devices where VoLTE is working, so it could wind up working on the Brax 3 with Ubuntu Touch. Patience, I’m sure, is key.

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Very cool to hear! Thanks again to you and the whole team for your work on this!

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As much as I appreciate Iode OS, I would rather be running Ubuntu Touch. Since Google is stepping up the pressure to gut our privacy, we have a limited window to move enough users/programmers over to that platform to produce the required apps to make it a fully functional alternative that is OUTSIDE of the Techbro’s control.

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Totally :backhand_index_pointing_up:

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Give privacy or give me death!! :crossed_swords:

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Also give me alpha testing!!!

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