Sailfish OS hasn’t really taken off as much as Jolla had
hoped. In fact, the Finnish company (which is composed mostly of former Nokia
employees) had previously made their OS side-loadable with Android possibly to
help improve its consumer reception.
But its previous move to make Sailfish OS compatible with
Android apps doesn’t mean that it’s completely crossing over to Google. Today, Jolla started rolling out Update 8 to
Sailfish called Tahkalampi, which improves the operating system’s user
interface.
Some of the new features included on Tahkalampi involve the
following
- Easily switch between open Android apps in the homescreen by tapping on their respective active covers i.e they are no longer grouped into one cover (experimental 1)
- Add shortcuts to webpages in the app launcher area
- Set separate synchronization schedules per mail account
- Upload multiple files via Browser and be able to filter files by file type during file selection
- Define email signature and sender name per account
- Save unsent messages as drafts when messages app is pushed to background
- Search word auto-completion in Jolla Store
- Use stroke input method for writing in Chinese
- Define an end date when creating/modifying recurring calendar events
- Artist search support in Media player
The update will be available initially to Jolla owners with “The
First One” covers with roll out scheduled for other users shortly after.If you've already received the update, give us some feedback in the comments section below.
