The 6.6 version of Qt framework is officially released: introducing Graphs module, improving text-to-speech and other functions

CTOnews.com, October 11, Qt Framework version 6.6 has been officially released, mainly introducing "Qt Graphs", adding "responsive layout" to Qt Quick, and improving the text-to-speech (Text to Speech) module.

▲ source Qt official in the Qt Graphs module, as a substitute for Qt Data Visualization module, this new module can be used to create various types of 2D and 3D charts, such as line chart, bar chart, pie chart, scatter chart and so on.

▲ image source Qt official Qt Graphs uses Qt Quick 3D for rendering and supports native graphics backends such as OpenGL, Vulkan, Metal and Direct3D.

The Qt Quick module adds a "responsive layout (Responsive Layouts)" to improve the experience of interface elements at different proportions.

▲ source Qt official Qt 6.6 also improved the Text To Speech module, adding support for Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) 5 on the Windows platform, which, as its name implies, is used to convert text into speech.

Qt WebEngine added API to access privacy and security settings, and applications that currently use Qt WebEngine to render Web content can now use API to access privacy and security settings. This gives you more control over how the Chromium runtime behaves and allows you to disable unwanted features.

In addition, the new API for Qt Quick font types allows developers to configure specific font features, and the Qt Quick Shapes module can now use experimental curve renderers and specialized clip shaders to generate higher-quality curve anti-aliasing renderings.

▲ source Qt official in addition, Qt for Python currently supports asyncio and is compatible with AArch64 architecture, so it can be used on 64-bit embedded systems.

Officials say Qt 6.6 also has the following new features:

A more powerful Wayland synthesizer experience

The QRhi series classes of the Qt rendering hardware interface are now fully documented

Support for importing PLY files using Qt Quick 3D

Preliminary rendering extension support for Qt Quick 3D

Qt SQL added the Mimer SQL plug-in

CTOnews.com Note: Qt is a cross-platform application development framework that is widely used to create graphical user interfaces, embedded systems and mobile applications. The current Qt 6, released in December 2022, brings features such as a more powerful QML language, a more flexible graphics architecture, and more efficient memory management.

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Qt 6.6 Released!