- A new "amd-pmc" plug-in for displaying the AMD SMU (System Management Unit) firmware version on AMD CPUs/APUs.
- A new "android-boot" plugin used to update specific block devices.
- Support for platform capability descriptors so devices can set quirks.
- Support for the Corsair SABRE RGB PRO gaming mouse.
- Support for more Sonix CAM devices.
- Support for more Thunderbolt/USB 4 docks making use of the Intel Goshen Ridge controller. The Intel Goshen Ridge code was also moved out into its own, new plugin. Goshen Ridge is Intel's Thunderbolt 4 controller codename with now being formally known as the Intel JHL8440.
- A fix for correctly updating Wacom AES devices.
- Limiting archive sizes to 25% of RAM, or 4G/
- Never saving Redfish auto-generated passwords to user-readable files.
- Various other bug fixes.
Downloads and more details on the Fwupd 1.8.5 changes via GitHub .
For those still making use of the older Fwupd 1.7 series, v1.7.10 was also released today with various backported fixes.