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title: 'Phone Update: OTA-8'
description: 'The full list of Ubuntu Phone updates are provided below: New weather
  application Improved Contacts sync (implements a new syncronisation engine) The
  sound indicator now provides audio playback controls – currently play and pause
  only, skip forward/skip backward to follow New Twitter scope includes the ability
  to tweeet, comment, follow a […]'
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19 November 2015

# Phone Update: OTA-8

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The full list of Ubuntu Phone updates are provided below:

* New weather application
* Improved Contacts sync (implements a new syncronisation engine)
* The sound indicator now provides audio playback controls – currently play and pause only, skip forward/skip backward to follow
* New Twitter scope includes the ability to tweeet, comment, follow and unfollow
* New Book aggregator scope, with lots of regional content
* The OTA version is now reported in Settings > About this phone
* Location service now additionally provides location and heading information
* Web browser now includes:
  + Media access permissions for sites
  + Top level bookmarks view
  + Thumbnails and grid view for Top Sites page
* Ubuntu store: QtPurchasing based in-app-purchases(currently in pilot mode)
* Various bug fixes: details [can be found here](https://launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+milestone/ww46-2015)

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