With GNOME 42 Beta the changes include:
- GNOME Calls now allows for SIP providers to handle "tel" URIs. There is also support in Calls for adding contacts from the call history.
- GNOME's Epiphany web browser has updated its bundled PDF.js and readability.js code.
- GJS has been updated against SpiderMonkey 91 and as a result many new JavaScript features now supported.
- Glib has added an async file move API.
- New default and supplemental wallpapers for light and dark variants have been included.
- GNOME Bluetooth now exports battery information for supported Bluetooth devices.
- GNOME Calendar has been ported to GTK4.
- GNOME Desktop adds async methods for thumbnail creation.
- GNOME Software has improvements to its dark theming and various UI updates.
- The Nautilus file manager now supports the dark mode setting.
- Other GNOME programs ported to the GTK4 toolkit in this beta include the GNOME Font Viewer, GNOME Music, GNOME Tour, and GNOME Weather.
- The many GNOME Shell and Mutter changes including the new screenshot/screencasting UI, support for dark wallpapers, improved XWayland auto-termination handling, DRM privacy screen support, and much more.
More details on this morning's GNOME 42 beta release via the release announcement .
The GNOME 42 release candidate is up in mid-March followed by GNOME 42.0 officially debuting on 23 March.