Canonical is preparing some interesting news

May 27, 2015 15:30 GMT  ·  By

Canonical is preparing for the launch of the Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition in Europe and it looks like Bq is also preparing to release a new phone on the European market as well.

As it stands right now, the only two Ubuntu phones available for purchase are the Bq Aquaris e4.5m, which is available only in Europe, and Meizu MX4 Ubuntu edition, which is available only in China. As you can see, many other regions will have to wait and that's not really changing anytime soon, but there is a bit of good news.

Canonical will soon announce a new phone from Bq, which could be a more high-end device and the availability of the Meizu MX4 in Europe. The regular Android version of Meizu MX4 is already available worldwide, so this is not exactly a surprise. It would have been nice to see something done for the other continents, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.

The Ubuntu ecosystem is growing bigger

Ubuntu Touch is getting better with each new update, and it's ready to see action on more phones. Canonical is making sure that it's getting the hype going, and it has been sending emails to the Ubuntu Phone insiders. Riccardo Padovani was kind enough to publish it on this blog.

"As most of you may know we've launched the MX4 Ubuntu International Edition geared towards developers in China. This is a great chance for developers to contribute to the Scope ecosystem ahead of the China launch later this year. The same device will also be available in Europe very soon! Plus, we have news of another imminent launch with our Spanish partner BQ. We'd love to invite you to a Hangout on Monday 1st June at 16:00 (BST) to tell you more about our European launch efforts, unique route to purchase and take any questions and thoughts you may have," reads the email.

This is the extent of the information available until now, but we'll certainly know more after June 1.