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title: 'Phone update: July'
description: '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  […]'
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[Amrisha Prashar](https://canonical.com/blog/author/amrisha-prashar "More about Amrisha Prashar")

17 July 2015

# Phone update: July

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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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