Phone update: July

Amrisha Prashar

on 17 July 2015

This article is more than 10 years old.

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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