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Qt 5.6 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes
over the 5.5.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation
included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online:

   http://doc.qt.io/qt-5.6

The Qt version 5.6 series is binary compatible with the 5.5.x series.
Applications compiled for 5.5 will continue to run with 5.6.

Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers
corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker:

  http://bugreports.qt.io/

Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more
information about a particular change.

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*                        Important Behavior Changes                        *
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- [OS X] QtWebEngine is now the default backend on OS X.
- Calling QtWebView::initialize() is now required to make sure the WebView
  functions correctly on all platforms.

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*                      Platform-specific Changes                           *
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WinRT
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- Added support for Windows Runtime.

Android
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- [QTBUG-49664] JavaScript evaluation will now be stopped before the
                WebView is released.
- [QTBUG-49566] Accessing geolocation is now allowed when the application
                has the permission for ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION.