21 April 2016, is expected to include Unity 8 running natively on Mir.[236] It will use systemd instead of Upstart as its init system.[237][238][239] This release will replace the Ubuntu Software Center with the GNOME Software and eliminate Empathy and Brasero, from the ISO file.[240][241] It is also planned that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will move entirely from Python 2 to Python 3, which will require dropping or porting Python 2 packages.[242] The desktop will be Unity 7 with Unity 8 optional. Snappy packages will be supported.[243]
In May 2015 Shuttleworth indicated that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will likely include Unity 8 and Mir, but that users will have a choice of that or Unity 7 and X.org. He said, "Unity 8 will be an option for 16.04 and we'll let the community decide the default for 16.04."[244]