Lineage OS 20 it has already been officially released as a new major version of the most famous Android ROM, but not necessarily the best (it depends a lot on personal taste). The spiritual heir to what was once CyanogenMOD, it’s an operating system that has more than proven its worth in keeping terminals that have been discontinued by their manufacturers.

Lineage OS 20 it is based on Android 13, the latest stable version of the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Actually the ROM comes from AOSP and not Android as Google presents it to their OEMs and for their own devices, but the term Android is more familiar to people. As a result, it benefits from the many features it has introduced, and this can be especially important when it comes to security, an area where you always need to tread carefully.

As for the rest of the news and features introduced in LineageOS 20, we find the inclusion of all security patches from April 2022 to December 2022 that were merged from the 17.1 ROM to version 20. On the other hand, there is a a new camera app called “Aperture!”, which is based on Google’s CameraX library and should offer an experience closer to what the system offers in stock.

“Aperture!”, a new camera app introduced in LineageOS 20 that is based on the CameraX library.

Support was included for the Generic Kernel Image (GKI) and builds of Linux 5.10 with full support for out-of-tree modules to conform to the new AOSP conventions. other improved applications Fork of AOSP Image Gallery, Jelly Web Browser, Update Tool, Seedvault Backup Tool, and Recording App to tweak the stuff you add to the Android 13 installer update.

Android TV-based builds now offer an ad-free launcher unlike the Google-supplied version, and some Google TV features have been introduced, such as a “much nicer dual panel setup app”.

All the details about LineageOS 20 are revealed in the official announcement, while the system can be obtained from the respective download section of the official website. We leave you with a list of reasons why you should install an Android ROM along with some instructions and other materials to resurrect software support that has been discontinued by the manufacturer, which is very important from a security perspective.