Thursday, May 28, 2015

Ubuntu Phone Update: May



So guys got some news from Canonical on Ubuntu Phone  OTA updates from May, let me share the goodness  with you:







Hi all,

Hope you're well. 

We have OTA updates from May to share with you which should be live very soon. Please find key updates below:

Web browser improvements:
- New bottom edge gesture to reveal tabs view
- New settings UI with Privacy settings

Scope improvements:
- Scope tagging (automatic aggregation of new sources)
- Today, Nearby and News scopes added support for keywords
- New and improved layout for the News scope

Address Book improvements:
- Ability to import contacts from SIM
- New settings panel
- Improved first-time user experience for contact sync/import

Toolkit upgraded:
- Version 1.3 of Toolkit
- Migrated to the 5.4 version of QT (https://wiki.qt.io/New-Features-in-Qt-5.4)




  

  
We also look forward to having those of you available on the Hangout next Monday where we'll also be sharing future anticipated updates.

Cheers,
The Ubuntu Phone Team
#ubuntuphone