Qt Blog

Qt 5.9 LTS improves Qt Quick and QML performance significantly, especially with Linux on ARM. We have worked hard to improve the performance in multiple areas: within the QML engine, Qt Quick graphics, QML Compiler and in the Qt Quick Controls, to name some examples. Performance has improved significantly across all areas, with some items […]

I am pleased to announce a new approach for inclusion of functional safety critical user interface elements in Qt based systems. The new Qt Safe Renderer makes it easy to create safety critical systems that also have a rich graphical user interface. Industries such as automotive, medical and industrial automation, where Qt is the leading UI framework, can […]

I am pleased to confirm that Qt 5.9 LTS officially supports the INTEGRITY Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) from Green Hills Software. INTEGRITY was initially supported with Qt 4.8 and will again be supported from Qt 5.9 onwards. The interest in running Qt on INTEGRITY has been customer driven, primarily from Automotive for use in safety certified Instrument Clusters, […]

We are pleased to announce that Qt 5.9 will be a Long Term Supported (LTS) release. We have done a lot of improvements to Qt since the previous, Qt 5.6 LTS, and to maximize the benefits for our users we will make Qt 5.9 an LTS release. There will be several Qt 5.9.x patch level […]

I am pleased to announce that Qt 5.9 Beta is now released. Convenient binary installers are available for trying out the cool new features coming in Qt 5.9. With this release we are adjusting the release process to make it easier for users to check out the upcoming release conveniently using the online installer.  Qt […]

With Qt 5.7 and 5.8 released we have a completely new baseline for Qt 5 based applications and devices. In this blog, I want to provide a roadmap update on what we are currently working on in the Qt R&D and what the future directions are. About a year ago I provided a roadmap update […]

The Qt 5.5.1-2 release for VxWorks Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) release supports the new VxWorks 7 release SR 0480 (September 2016) on ARM-v7 with updates in the Qt Base, Qt Declarative and Qt Quick Controls modules. For full list of changes, please see the change log. To learn more about Qt 5.5 for VxWorks, please check […]

Qt 5.7.1 has been released today. It contains all the latest bug fixes and improvements, including everything from Qt 5.6.2 patch release as well as additional improvements and functionality not available in the Qt 5.6 branch. The brand new Qt Creator 4.2.0 is also included in the Qt 5.7.1 offline installer packages as well as the […]

I am pleased to announce that Qt 5.8 Beta is now released. Containing all-new configuration system, new graphics architecture with integrated Qt Quick 2D Renderer for devices without OpenGL, build in QML cache for improved startup and many other new features, Qt 5.8 will be a very interesting release. I hope many will take the […]

I am please to inform that Qt 5.6.2 has been released today. This is the second patch release to the long-term supported Qt 5.6, and there will still be more patch releases to come. While a patch release does not bring new features, it contains security fixes, error corrections and general improvements. The Qt 5.6.2 […]