Phone update: July
Amrisha Prashar
on 17 July 2015
The full list of Ubuntu Phone updates for July are provided below:
General improvements
- Refreshed icons throughout including apps and indicator icons
- Shell rotation
- Additional keyboard layouts added for Romanian, Scottish Gaelic, Greek, Norwegian, Ukrainian, Slovak, Icelandic
Scopes
- Keyword tagging support added to News, Photos and Today scopes
Store improvements
- Refunds (The Store will now let users “cancel” a purchase up to 15 minutes after an app is purchased)
- Edit app ratings
Browser Improvements
- Bookmark folders
- Keyboard shortcuts
Other
- Improvements to Call Forwarding UI (in System settings > Phone)
- WPA Enterprise support added to System settings and Networking
- MX4 LED pulses when there is a notification
- In-line contact editing in Dialer and Messaging apps
- Group MMS support in Dialer and Messaging apps
- GPS location tagging added to Camera
- SDK has added the ability to allow apps to keep the display on (e.g. for games developers that need to avoid the screen timeout)
- More than 50 other issues resolved
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