# April Update: New Developments

DevFeed: [April Update: New Developments](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/april-update-new-developments-34838.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://pine64.org/2021/04/15/april-update-new-developments/>)

Published: 2021-04-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Community blog on PINE64](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/community-blog-on-pine64.md>)

Topics: [Pinephone](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pinephone.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [community-update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community-update.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [lora](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lora.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [pinebook-pro](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinebook-pro.md>), [pinecil](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinecil.md>), [pinephone](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinephone.md>), [pinetab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinetab.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

PINE64's April community update reports shipping timelines, Quartz64 hardware and Linux progress, PinePhone hardware and software developments, and PineTime firmware work toward a 1.0 release.

## Source excerpt

Before we start, I'd like to acknowledge that this community update was written collaboratively, with contributions from 7 developers. I hope that moving forward we maintain this dynamic and more developers, as well as community members, partake in the write-up process. If you'd like to participate in the next update then please make sure to reach out. Now, let's get to this month's news. You can watch the synopsis of this month's community update on YouTube (embedded below) as well as on Odysee and Peertube. Stay up-to-date with PINE64 news and make sure to subscribe to this blog (subscription widget at the bottom of the webpage), follow PINE64 Telegram News channel, the announcements channel in Discord as well as our Twitter and Mastodon. I'd like to thank JF, Alex (clover), Bhushan, Dalton, Peter (pgwipeout), Biktor, Konrad, Brian (33YN2) and PizzaLovingNerd for their contributions to this community update. N.B. Comments on the blog post need to be in English and follow our Community Rules and Code of Conduct. Note: This image preview protects your privacy. Click to load the video from the Google servers. Link to the video & Video synopsis of this month's update TL;DR Housekeeping - PinePhone BE & Pinebook Pro orders prior to April 12th ship out this month & orders made after the 12th mid-May; follow the shipping update thread Housekeeping - we're giving 100+ OG Pinebooks to a good cause; thank you for all the suggestions! Housekeeping - we're Linux App Summit sponsors (again) this year. Quartz64 - a close look at Quartz64 model-B; feature run-down and more Quartz64 - model-A delayed by a month+, as GbE PHY chip cannot be sourced and will therefore be replaced Quartz64 - incredible software progress; board boots both BSP and Mainline Linux now! PinePhone Hardware - keyboard back April 16th, I'll cover it separately later this month PinePhone Hardware - wireless charging + fingerprint reader back case in production - prototype shown PinePhone Hardware - LoRa back