Over the last couple of months, the Paranoid Android team has released a couple of Android 10-based builds of the popular custom ROM. With each new build, the team has added new features to the custom ROM and extended support to more devices. With the Quartz 4 release last month, the team added support for nine new devices and introduced features like a system-wide App Locker, internal audio screen record support, and more. Now, the team has released the fifth and final Android 10-based build with support for more devices and a couple of new features.

As per a recent post on the team's blog, Paranoid Android Quartz 5 is now rolling out for all supported devices, and it includes the following improvements and features:

  • September security patchset
  • App Locker version 1.1: more customization options
  • DC Dimming
  • Lockscreen SmartSpace
  • Ringer Mode Gestures: replicates the feature set offered by the alert slider on OnePlus devices
  • New FOD icon and animation
  • Permissions Hub

Along with the features mentioned above, the Paranoid Android Quartz 5 release also includes a few device-specific changes that can be found in the second post of their respective XDA threads. Furthermore, the latest build brings support for two more devices — Xiaomi Mi 6X and Xiaomi Mi A3. The OTA update for the latest Paranoid Android Quartz build should start rolling out to devices running Quartz 4 in the coming days.

Download Paranoid Android Quartz 5

If you're interested in trying out Paranoid Android Quartz 5 on your device, you can head over to your device's XDA forums thread from the links below. Follow the instructions given in the post to install the build on your device.

Note: All the aforementioned builds have Google apps included, so you don't need to flash a separate ZIP file to get the Google Play Store after installing the ROM. However, if you're a Galaxy Note 3 user, you will have to flash a separate Gapps package to get Google apps on your device.

As mentioned earlier, Paranoid Android Quartz 5 is the final Android 10-based build of the custom ROM. The team is stopping feature and platform development for the Quartz build to shift focus to the Android 11-based release, which will be called Paranoid Android Ruby. We expect to see the first Paranoid Android Ruby Alpha builds for select devices in the next few months.

It's also worth noting that the Paranoid Android team had been working to release the Quartz build to a few more devices, including the OnePlus One, Sony Xperia XZ2, XZ2 Dual, Xperia XZ2 Compact, XZ2 Compact Dual, Xperia XZ3, XZ3 Dual, Google Nexus 6P, OnePlus 7, and the OnePlus 7T. But since the team has now halted platform development for the Quartz build, these devices may not receive support anytime soon.

If you're interested in helping the Paranoid Android team with development, you can reach out to herna@paranoidandroid.co. To stay up-to-date about the custom ROM and new releases, you should consider following the team on Twitter.