Canonical releases Unity 6.6 ahead of Ubuntu 12.10

Canonical has released the latest version of its Unity desktop interface ahead of the release of its Ubuntu 12.10 Linux operating system.

According to H-Online, key features of the upgraded Unity desktop include a new shopping lens and improvements to the video lens.

In Unity, lenses are essentially a way to search for a particular type of content (for example, shopping or videos) both on a user’s local machine and the internet.

Ubuntu 12.10 is expected to be released on September 27 and might include the latest version of Unity by default.