Ledger Nano X OS release notes

Ledger Nano X - OS version 2.4.1

Released: 19 December 2024

Reminder before you update

• Ledger strongly recommends that you always keep your Ledger OS up to date to benefit from the latest security improvements and features.
• Make sure you have updated Ledger Live through the notification banner or downloaded the latest version of Ledger Live.

Bug fixes

• Corrected a bug that could prevent using a temporary passphrase.
• Corrected a bug on the PIN screen that allowed entering more than 8 digits.

Ledger Nano X - OS version 2.4.0 

Released: 27 November 2024

Reminder before you update

• Ledger™ strongly recommends that you always keep your Ledger OS™ up to date to benefit from the latest security improvements and features.
• Make sure you have updated Ledger Live™ through the notification banner or downloaded the latest version of Ledger Live™.

Language Support

Four new languages are available for the Ledger OS™:

• Brazilian Portuguese
• German
• Russian
• Turkish

Note that device apps remain in English.

Miscellaneous

• Bug fixes, security, and performance improvements.

 

Ledger Nano X - OS version 2.2.4

Released 18 June 2024

Reminder before you update

• Ledger strongly recommends to always keep the Operating System on your Ledger devices up-to-date in order to benefit from all our security improvements.
• Make sure you have updated Ledger Live through the notification banner or downloaded the latest version of Ledger Live.

Enhanced user experience and security in this release:

• For Ledger Recover provided by Coincover subscribers, you will soon have the ability to confirm unsubscription to the service on your device. Please note this deletion can only be performed from the device containing your original Secret Recovery Phrase.

Ledger Recover, provided by Coincover, OS version 2.2.3

Released 19 October 2023

Reminder before you update

• Ledger strongly recommends to always keep an up-to-date OS version on your Ledger products, in order to benefit from our gradual security improvements.
• Make sure you have updated Ledger Live through the notification banner or downloaded the latest version of Ledger Live.

News: Ledger Recover, provided by Coincover

• We’re excited to announce that this Ledger OS version 2.2.3 enables everyone with a Ledger Nano X to subscribe to Ledger Recover, provided by Coincover, our new wallet recovery solution. Learn more here.
• Ledger Recover is an optional, paid subscription service available at launch for all Ledger Nano X users. The service creates a backup for your Secret Recovery Phrase.
• Updating your Ledger OS will not automatically activate Ledger Recover. If you choose to sign up for Ledger Recover once the service is launched, you will need to authorize the paid subscription of Ledger Recover with your Ledger device.
• By subscribing, you will be able to restore access to your wallet whenever you need it.

Technical content: How does it work?

We always say, don’t trust, verify. If you want to have more technical information about Ledger Recover, and the work we’ve done over the last few months to educate, listen, and prepare, please see below:

• Information from our Ledger CTO on our Ledger Recover series, providing educational content on the why’s of Ledger Recover from a technical perspective, along with our Open Source Roadmap acceleration plan
• The Ledger Recover technical white paper
• The associated piece of the Ledger OS source code for verification on GitHub
• Our ‘Genesis of Ledger Recover’ blogpost series:
  • Part 1 - Self Custody without compromise
  • Part 2 - Securely distributing the shares
  • Part 3 - Avoiding collusion and leaks
  • Part 4 - Identity Verification
  • Part 5 - Operational Security
  • Part 6 - Threat Analysis and Evaluation

Learn more about Ledger and Self-Custody:

You can always learn more about digital assets, how they work, and why you need to stay secure through our Ledger Academy:

• What is Ledger Recover?
• What is a Secret Recovery Phrase?

Have more questions?

Here is additional information from our Help Center:

• Ledger Recover Common FAQs

OS version 2.2.2 

Released 25 July 2023

What’s new in OS version 2.2.2?

The OS version 2.2.2 open sources the dashboard, a piece of the OS containing a part of Ledger Recover provided by Coincover implementation, for technical review and verification. For more information please read the Ledger Recover white paper.

Ledger Recover provided by Coincover is an optional paid subscription service that is not yet launched. Updating your Ledger OS does not change the security of your device.

Before you update

• Make sure you have updated Ledger Live through the notification banner or downloaded the latest version of Ledger Live. 

Open-source roadmap

• We are providing access to the source code of the device dashboard. Please read about this here.

OS version 2.2.1

What’s new in OS version 2.2.1?

The OS version 2.2.1 includes support for a new Ledger optional service that is not yet launched: Ledger Recover provided by Coincover. For more information, read the Ledger Recover white paper.

Before you update

• Make sure you have updated Ledger Live through the notification banner or downloaded the latest version of Ledger Live. 

Ledger Recover

Ledger Recover provided by Coincover is an ID-based key recovery service that allows you to create a backup for your Secret Recovery Phrase. Once launched, the service will be fully optional.

Note: Ledger Recover is compatible with Ledger Nano X and will soon be available on Android and iOS running the latest Ledger Live version.

At launch, a passport/national identity card issued by the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, or the United States will be required to subscribe to the service. We will be covering more countries and adding support for more documents in the coming months. Stay tuned.

OS version 2.1.0

Released 14 February 2023

What’s new in OS version 2.1.0?

The OS version 2.1.0 features a redesigned PIN code screen and support for French and Spanish. Keep in mind that you can only change the language of the Ledger Nano X operating system. The apps are available in English.

Before you update

• Make sure you have updated Ledger Live through the notification banner or downloaded the latest version of Ledger Live. 

Enhanced user experience and security

• The PIN code screen is redesigned to improve security and simplify code entry.

• In addition to English, you can now set the device's language to Spanish or French. To change the language, navigate to My Ledger → Language >in the Ledger Live app.

Note: Changing the language of your Ledger Nano X doesn't automatically change the language of Ledger Live.

Firmware version 2.0.2

Released 25 January 2022
 

What’s new in firmware version 2.0.2?

Firmware version 2.0.2 features a faster Bluetooth transfer rate, as well as several user experience improvements, an update to the user interface, and some bug fixes.

Before you update

• Make sure you have updated Ledger Live through the notification banner or downloaded the latest version of Ledger Live. 

Better user experience

• Increased Bluetooth transfer rate, which will result in faster app installations with Ledger Live mobile version 2.37.1 or higher.
• Improved the legibility of the PIN screen with more readable digits.

Updated user interface

• Updated the boot logo and screensaver to match Ledger’s rebranding.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that could cause the device screen to become unresponsive.
• The Reset pairings option resets the Bluetooth pairing properly.
• Fixed other miscellaneous bugs.

Firmware version 2.0.1

What’s new in firmware version 2.0.1?

Firmware version 2.0.1 includes bug fixes for newly issued Nano X devices. As a result, this update is not available through Ledger Live for existing users.

Firmware version 2.0.0

Released 21 October 2021
 

What’s new in firmware version 2.0.0?

Firmware version 2.0.0 offers a quicker onboarding experience, battery improvements and fixes, security enhancements, and several user experience improvements. Please find more information about this update in our blog post.

Before you update

• Make sure you have updated Ledger Live through the notification banner or downloaded the latest version of Ledger Live. Note that the update to firmware version 2.0.0 is available from Ledger Live Desktop version 2.33.1 or higher.

A quicker onboarding experience

• Shortened the Recovery phrase confirmation: choose each word of the Recovery phrase among four suggested words instead of 24.
• Added educational content before the Recovery phrase display and after the Recovery phrase confirmation to underline its importance.

Security and privacy enhancements

• When turning on the device, a warning message will be displayed if there are fewer than three PIN attempts remaining.
• The default Bluetooth name of the device can be changed.
• Bluetooth is now instantly enabled and disabled from the control center. You no longer need to reboot your device for the setting to take effect.

Battery improvements and fixes

• Fixed a temperature error preventing some users from charging their device.
• Improved device power consumption for some users, resulting in longer battery life.
• Battery alerts include the remaining battery percentage.
• New battery alert levels: 20% and 5% charge trigger the “Low battery” alert.

Paving the way for Bitcoin Taproot

• Added support for BIP-0340 Schnorr Signatures.

Other improvements

• Added a Device name setting in the control center to quickly access your device name.
• A progress bar is displayed on the device screen when installing applications.
• Added separate settings for the PIN lock and the screensaver.

Firmware version 1.3.0

Released 18 May 2021

What’s new in firmware version 1.3.0?

Firmware version 1.3.0 includes bug fixes.

Before you update:

• Make sure you have updated Ledger Live through the notification banner or downloaded the latest version of Ledger Live. Note that the update to firmware version 1.3.0 is only available from Ledger Live version 2.26.1.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that could prevent the device from locking upon unplugging. 
• Fixed a minor security issue that didn’t affect users. Learn more.

Firmware version 1.2.4-5

Released 17 November 2020

What’s new in firmware version 1.2.4-5?

Firmware version 1.2.4-5 mainly brings support for Ethereum 2.0. Please find more information about this update in our blog post.

Other changes

• Addition of the possibility to perform a seed derivation according to the EIP 2333 key generation algorithm. 

Firmware version 1.2.4-4

Released 4 August 2020

What’s new in firmware version 1.2.4-4?

Firmware version 1.2.4-4 fixes a bug affecting a few users that upgraded to version 1.2.4-2. Please find more information about this update in our blog post.

Fixes

• Apply the RDP lock directly during the update.
• Removed the MCU integrity check at each boot added in version 1.2.4-2 to fix a rare bug where the device got stuck at “Follow device repair instructions”.

Firmware version 1.2.4-2

Released 8 July 2020

Firmware version 1.2.4-2 includes security enhancements, user experience improvements, additional cryptographic support, and a few other changes. Please find more information about this update in our blog post.

Security enhancements

• Fixed a minor RDP lock vulnerability that could be used to make the device connect as a keyboard in the context of a supply chain attack, for example.
• MCU firmware integrity is now checked by the Secure Element at each boot (similar to Nano S).

Better user experience

• Smooth update: no need to disconnect and reconnect the USB cable during firmware updates! Bootloader mode is now automatically launched to update the MCU firmware.
• Significantly reduced the delay when (un)installing multiple apps in the Manager.

Other changes

• Added cryptographic support for the Stark 256 and BLS12-381 curves.
• Changes to the regulatory information, accessible through the settings or the boot menu.
• Fixed functionality to switch between library contexts.