The LineageOS custom ROM moves to the latest version of Android 14 in an update that takes the opportunity to modify system applications in depth with the adoption of the Material You design.
The approach is much less common than a few years ago, but there was a time when many users engaged in root of their Android smartphone. A manipulation giving them the administrator rights on the device and therefore the possibility of bringing all kinds of modifications impossible to implement otherwise. Among them, the best known was undoubtedly the changing the Android system with a custom ROM. In those times, the name of CyanogenMod circulated widely in the hacking community.
After 8 years of good and loyal service, the alternative says goodbye and takes the name of LineageOS, a custom ROM that is still popular and active today. This is what allows you to run Android 14 on a Galaxy S3 and a Galaxy Note 2 for example. Thanks to a recent change, it updates more quickly than before to “catch up” with what Google deploys on Android. The latest one is based on Android 14 QPR 1 from September 2023. The opportunity for developers to operate a significant facelift of their own applications.
Latest Lineage OS 21 update deeply refreshes its system apps
The LineageOS teams explain that “applications such as Aperture [l’application caméra, ndlr] have seen their functionality and user experience significantly improved, while many [des] Aging apps such as Jelly, Phone, Contacts, Messaging, LatinIME (keyboard), and Calculator have received an almost complete overhaul bringing them into the Material You era“, in reference to the current Android design. A new application is also appearing: Glimpsewhich serves as gallery by default now.
Besides the visual changes, the latest version of LineageOS comes with many performance improvements invisible, but noticeable when used. The whole thing should seem smoother overall. Finally, note that even if you notice that ROM number does not change after updatethis indeed took place. LineageOS changes the way it numbers its outputsso we stay on 21 instead of displaying 21.1.