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Frictionless Implementation of Production-Grade GUI on Torizon Embedded Linux

Paul Nieminen — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:07:15 GMT

Evaluating and starting to develop professional, production-grade GUIs on embedded Linux should be frictionless. Based on this statement, we are always working with our partners to improve the Qt developer experience. Together with Toradex we recently made major improvements to the Torizon Qt VS Code template, making it easier for you as a developer to use Qt Device Creation Enterprise workflows inside the same template that you might already have been using with the Device Creation Community Edition. On top of that, there is a brand-new Qt demo in the Torizon Demo Gallery which you can try right away.

Torizon is a production-ready, container-based embedded Linux platform that simplifies how Qt applications are deployed and maintained. Qt developers may already be familiar with Boot2Qt, which is a useful tool to get a Qt prototype running quickly. However, scaling that prototype into a secure, maintainable, and updatable product usually requires building and managing your own Yocto stack. Torizon removes this burden, providing a pre-integrated OS, hardware-optimized Qt runtime, OTA automated updates, CVE tracking and a consistent containerized workflow, letting you focus entirely on your Qt application instead of maintaining the underlying Linux distribution.Below you’ll find what’s new, why it helps Qt developers, and exactly how to try it.

Qt 6.10.3 Released

jani.heikkinen@qt.io (Jani Heikkinen) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:15:19 GMT

The final release of the Qt 6.10 series, Qt 6.10.3, is now available for download. As a patch release, Qt 6.10.3 does not introduce new features; however, it includes more than 250 bug fixes, security updates, and quality improvements compared to Qt 6.10.2. For a comprehensive overview of the most notable changes, please refer to the Qt 6.10.3 release notes.

Qt Creator 19 - CMake Update

cristian.adam@qt.io (Cristian Adam) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:06:50 GMT

Here are the new CMake changes in Qt Creator 19:

Qt for Android Automotive 6.11 Released!

bruno.vunderl@qt.io (Bruno Vunderl) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:04:05 GMT

The latest Qt for Android Automotive 6.11 was just released and is based on Qt 6.11. The Qt release itself brings a lot of new features, especially with the regard to 3D features. Let's have a look!

What's New in the Qt Interface Framework in 6.11

dominik.holland@qt.io (Dominik Holland) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:06:15 GMT

It has been a while since we last wrote about the Qt Interface Framework on this blog, so before jumping into the Qt 6.11 news, let's quickly recap what it does and why you should care.

Commercial LTS Qt 6.8.7 Released

tarja.sundqvist@qt.io (Tarja Sundqvist) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:56:42 GMT

We have released Qt 6.8.7 LTS for commercial license holders today. As a patch release, Qt 6.8.7 does not add any new functionality but provides bug fixes and other improvements.

Qt for Python release: 6.11 is out!

Cristian.Maureira-Fredes@qt.io (Cristián Maureira-Fredes) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT

During the past months, most members of the Qt for Python have been working on simplifying the interaction between Python and Qt under the Qt Bridges projects, so our efforts have been focused on that rather than adding more features to Qt for Python.

Qt Online Installer and Qt Installer Framework 4.11.0 Released

ville.lavonius@qt.io (Ville Lavonius) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:28:46 GMT

We have released Qt Online Installer and Qt Installer Framework 4.11.0 today.

Windows 10 End-of-Life Plans in Qt

oliver.wolff@qt.io (Oliver Wolff) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:59:50 GMT

Windows 10 has officially reached its end-of-life (EOL) on 14.10.2025.

Windows Store Deployment with windeployqt

wladimir.leuschner@qt.io (Wladimir Leuschner) — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:47:16 GMT

Microsoft introduced the Windows Store with Windows 8 as central place to download and update software. To place software into the Microsoft Store, developers must sign it digitally. Microsoft checks the Software before it is published into the Microsoft Store. The AppxManifest.xml describes the packaging information for the Microsoft Store. The makeappx tool creates the appx installer, which is signed with the signtool from the Windows SDK. With Qt 6.11, windeployqt got extra command line arguments to create an AppxManifest.xml, namely those are the --appx and --appx-certificate arguments.