New Features

Here is a high level and non-exhaustive list of new features added to QGroundControl in v5.0:

• Fly View
  • Toolbar
    • Individual dropdowns can now be expanded
      • The expanded pages contain app/vehicle settings which are useful after initial vehicle configuration
      • Goal is not have to dive back into more complex Vehicle Configuration or Application Settings pages from flight to flight
    • Flight Modes: Configurable list allows you to remove unused flight modes
    • Battery: Dynamic bars with configurable thresholds (100%, Config 1, Config 2, Low, Critical)
  • Instrument Selection: Right-click on desktop or long‑press on mobile to switch between different instrument clusters
  • 3D View allows you to load an OSM file as the 3D map
  • Better support for Guided GoTo Location, Orbit, Fixed Wing Loiter
  • Multi-vehicle support
    • Configurable telemetry display
    • Better support for applying actions to all vehicles
• Plan View
  • Multiple fixed wing landing sequences can now be planned for landings at different locations
• Vehicle Configuration
  • Renamed from Vehicle Setup
  • Now should be mainly used for initial vehicle design/config, not changes flight to flight
• Application Settings
  • Application settings categories have been restructed/redesigned for easier access
  • Fly View
    • New/Updated MAVLink Actions support
    • Virtual Joystick support for left handed moded
  • Telemetry
    • Added support for MAVLink 2 signing
    • Configurable stream rate support for ArduPilot vehicles
• Overall
  • Focused UI updates for smaller touch screens
    • Used by integrated controllers such as a Herelink
    • New sliders controls for value entry
    • Better touch support for various controls
  • Many, many bugs fixed
• Developer changes
  • Build system fully converted to cmake
    • qmake no longer supported
  • Source updated to use Qt 6.8.3
  • GStreamer support updated to 1.22

What's Changed

• Stable: Fix leak of static pad on shutdown by @DonLakeFlyer in #13053
• Restart video delay by @DonLakeFlyer in #13054
• 5.0: Fix positioning of control within containing RowLayout by @DonLakeFlyer in #13063
• PX4 - Power Setup: Handle all cases of battery parameters available/missing by @DonLakeFlyer in #13071
• MissionManager: Fix landing approach item handling (Stable v5.0) by @rubenp02 in #13072
• Radio config: Fix sizing for Herelink sized screens by @DonLakeFlyer in #13075
• PX4: Fix compass orientation setting off by one by @DonLakeFlyer in #13080
• Fix Mavlink Inspector crash by @DonLakeFlyer in #13078
• Hack workaround for chart display without gstreamer compiled in by @DonLakeFlyer in #13088

Full Changelog: v5.0.3...v5.0.4

What's Changed

• CI: Fix Windows Android Signing Attempt 2 by @HTRamsey in #12944
• CI: Disable Android Windows Signing by @HTRamsey in #12946
• CMake: Fix Linux CCache by @HTRamsey in #12941
• New QGC guide translations (Crowdin) by @PX4BuildBot in #12915
• Add CUAV fmu-v6x board ID by @cuav-zhang3 in #12925
• CMake: Improve Caching by @HTRamsey in #12950
• CI: Add lupdate workflow by @HTRamsey in #12865
• CMake: Convert Custom Example to QML Module by @HTRamsey in #12951
• APM: Add Remaining QMLs to Module by @HTRamsey in #12952
• New QGC guide translations (Crowdin) by @PX4BuildBot in #12954
• New QGC guide translations (Crowdin) by @PX4BuildBot in #12961
• New Crowdin updates by @PX4BuildBot in #12878
• general.md : WGS94 (typo) to WGS84 by @hamishwillee in #12963
• New Crowdin updates by @PX4BuildBot in #12964
• Terrain: Fix TerrainQuery crash by @rubenp02 in #12960
• Add support for Chinese separators on enumString/Values by @DonLakeFlyer in #12971
• Fix stay on Firmware page logic on vehicle change by @DonLakeFlyer in #12973
• Vehicle: Report armed status from HIGH_LATENCY2 messages for ArduPilot by @stephendade in #12928
• CustomPlugin: Fix QApplicationStatic for Qt 6.6.3 by @rubenp02 in #12958
• CMake: Fix QML module conversion for Qt 6.6.3 by @rubenp02 in #12957
• add support for ESP32-based radio by @harleylara in #12969
• Fix Console display by @DonLakeFlyer in #12976
• QML: Various easy optimizations by @rubenp02 in #12968
• Fix AppImage name by @DonLakeFlyer in #12984
• New QGC guide translations (Crowdin) by @PX4BuildBot in #12985
• New Crowdin updates by @PX4BuildBot in #12982
• Create/Use common translated string splitting routine by @DonLakeFlyer in #12981
• CMake: Use NO_PLUGIN for CustomModule by @HTRamsey in #12994
• CMake: Add QGroundControl QML Module by @HTRamsey in #12996
• Rewrote Exif parser read code by @DonLakeFlyer in #12997
• Add logging to test window sizing by @DonLakeFlyer in #12978
• Comment out failing github release action by @DonLakeFlyer in #13003
• Revert "Add logging to test window sizing" by @DonLakeFlyer in #13005
• New Crowdin updates by @PX4BuildBot in #13007
• Fix parameter name conversion from mavlink by @DonLakeFlyer in #12998
• Plan View: Fix polyline/polygon vertex dragging freezing the UI by @mrschick in #12959
• QGCMapPolylineTest/QGCMapPolygonTest: Update to handle new queued signals by @DonLakeFlyer in #13012
• Add translator comment for enumString translation to .ts files by @DonLakeFlyer in #13013
• Reworked MainWindow sizing code by @DonLakeFlyer in #13006
• New Crowdin updates by @PX4BuildBot in #13015
• Remove 3d close which was not needed and causing error by @DonLakeFlyer in #13014
• Fix poly line/gon test cleanup by @DonLakeFlyer in #12987
• Switch from Drawer to Rectangle for tool by @DonLakeFlyer in #13020
• Fix motor assignment motor click determination by @DonLakeFlyer in #13022
• Fix memory leak of PX4ParameterMetaData by @DonLakeFlyer in #13025
• Fix memory leak by @DonLakeFlyer in #13026
• Fix nesting of begin/endResetModel by @DonLakeFlyer in #13000
• Comms: Add Default List of Serial Baud Rates by @HTRamsey in #13017
• VideoManager: Fix Recording Name by @HTRamsey in #12999
• MissionManager: Fix VTOL landing item crash by @rubenp02 in #13033
• Docs: Fix PX4 Links by @HTRamsey in #13036
• New Crowdin updates by @PX4BuildBot in #13016
• CMake: Fix GStreamer Shaders by @HTRamsey in #12918
• Docs: Update Info on MAVLink Settings by @HTRamsey in #12943
• QGCMapPolygon circle drag: Fix reference to undefined _lastRadius by @DonLakeFlyer in #13039
• Fix Instrument Panel positioning by @DonLakeFlyer in #13041

New Contributors

• @stephendade made their first contribution in #12928
• @harleylara made their first contribution in #12969

Full Changelog: v5.0.2...v5.0.3

What's Changed

• Plan: Don't let viewport adjustment go past maxZoomLevel by @DonLakeFlyer in #12874
• New Crowdin updates by @PX4BuildBot in #12877
• Mixed modes by @DonLakeFlyer in #12883
• Remove confirmation requirement from toolbar flight mode change by @DonLakeFlyer in #12885
• Plan: Fix old polyline vertices persisting after KML import by @mrschick in #12891
• FirmwarePlugin: Fix Loop Typo by @HTRamsey in #12903
• Utilities: Silence AudioOutput Warning During UnitTests by @HTRamsey in #12904
• Fix usage of parameterExists by @dakejahl in #12897
• CMake: Simplify Custom Build Integration by @HTRamsey in #12899
• CI: Always Sign Android if Possible by @HTRamsey in #12907
• CMake: Fix Overriding of CPM_SOURCE_CACHE by @HTRamsey in #12875
• YAPSP: TableView/QAbstractTableModel based parameter list by @DonLakeFlyer in #12876
• Parameter Load: Better wording to indicate vehicle will not be updated immediately by @DonLakeFlyer in #12892
• Comms: Fix Mavlink Loss Percent by @HTRamsey in #12911
• QML: Fix Delete All Settings Option by @HTRamsey in #12916
• Correct CONTRIBUTING & LICENSE Files by @HTRamsey in #12923
• GStreamer: Remove Commented Out Debug Code by @HTRamsey in #12917
• Docs: Update OS requirements for 5.0 by @DonLakeFlyer in #12922
• AnalyzeView: Remove Exiv2 by @HTRamsey in #12924
• FactControl/FlightMap: Convert to qt_add_qml_module by @DonLakeFlyer in #12926
• Standard Modes: Clear previous mode list when you get new modes by @DonLakeFlyer in #12910
• Autoconnect: Filter out secondary composite ports from autoconnect by @DonLakeFlyer in #12921
• Convert FlightDisplay qml module by @DonLakeFlyer in #12927
• Convert AutoPilotPlugins to qt_add_qml_module by @DonLakeFlyer in #12929
• Convert QGroundControl.Controls to qt_add_qml_module by @DonLakeFlyer in #12931
• VideoManager: Fix Getting Widget for QtMultimedia by @HTRamsey in #12919
• CI: Fix Android Windows Signing by @HTRamsey in #12912
• More conversion to qt_add_qml_module by @DonLakeFlyer in #12940

Full Changelog: v5.0.1...v5.0.2

What's Changed

• [V4.4] CI: try to fix Android by @julianoes in #12594
• macOS CI corrections by @farhangnaderi in #12614
• Android CI fix: Prevent future android SDK releases from messing up CI by @gillamkid in #12628
• [BACKPORT v4.4] A few Camera discovery fixes by @julianoes in #12664
• Add KakuteH7-Wing board ID by @julianoes in #12776
• [V4.4] Enable standard modes by @julianoes in #12777

Full Changelog: v4.4.4...v4.4.5

What's Changed

• Docs: Bump to 5.0 by @DonLakeFlyer in #12855
• Docs: Update to new AppImage name by @DonLakeFlyer in #12856
• Fix DropPanel positioning by @DonLakeFlyer in #12857
• Fix crash on usb disconnect, fix hiding of main window by @DonLakeFlyer in #12864
• APM: fix uavcan compass name by @dakejahl in #12867
• Utilities: Add SHP Polyline by @HTRamsey in #12850
• Map: Fix various zoomLevel problems by @DonLakeFlyer in #12870
• New QGC guide translations (Crowdin) by @PX4BuildBot in #12872

Full Changelog: v5.0.0...v5.0.1

QGC 5.0 Release Candidate 1 is now available for testing. Please help us out with testing this before the release goes official:

• Discussion on 5.0 testing and problems found should happen here: #12806
• Documentation for the version 5.0 can be found here: https://docs.qgroundcontrol.com/master/en/qgc-user-guide/index.html. Note: The docs for 5.0 have not yet been branched. So the 5.0 docs are the daily build docs.
• A very non-comprehensive list of new features is here: https://docs.qgroundcontrol.com/master/en/qgc-user-guide/releases/daily_build_new_features.html

What's Changed

• [Stable v4.4] macOS CI fixes by @julianoes in #12308
• [BACKPORT V4.4] Adding support for new 3DR boards by @TOTON95 in #12371
• Update USBBoardInfo.json by @HTRamsey in #12404
• Trim enumStrings/enumValues by @DonLakeFlyer in #12530
• [Backport v4.4] Added board ids by @julianoes in #12298
• [v4.4] remove CI cache for macOS by @julianoes in #12578

Full Changelog: v4.4.3...v4.4.4

What's Changed

• v4.4.2 fix cmake by @zdanek in #11888
• [BACKPORT] boards: add ARK FPV by @AlexKlimaj in #12053
• [BACKPORT V4.4] USBBoardInfo.json: Adding missing mRo boards to be detected by Auto-Connect (PX4) by @TOTON95 in #12059

Herelink version: https://github.com/CubePilot/qgroundcontrol-herelink/releases/tag/v4.4.3-herelink

Full Changelog: v4.4.2...v4.4.3

What's Changed

• [v4.4] CI: fix Android build by @julianoes in #11742

Full Changelog: v4.4.1...v4.4.2