iOS 8

This update contains hundreds of new features, including the following:

Messages improvements
Tap to Talk to send your voice, a video or a photo with just a swipe
Group messaging options to name a conversation, add a contact,
remove a contact, or leave a conversation
New details view with o Not istur!, location sharing and
attachments view
"hotos improvements
#mart editing tools to adjust light and color with a swipe
$ine%tune controls to adjust e&posure, !rightness, contrast, highlights,
shadows and more
#earch !y date, location, or al!um name or use smart suggestions
#mart al!ums for #lo%mo videos, 'ursts, "anoramas, and Time%lapse
Third%party photo (lters and editing tools supported directly in "hotos
)our photos and metadata from i"hoto will !e migrated to "hotos*
'ooks, +ournals and #lideshows will !e converted to al!ums
containing only photos* i"hoto for i,# is not supported on devices
running i,# - or later*
.amera improvements
Time%lapse mode
.apture timer
/djust e&posure with a simple nudge to lighten or darken a photo
prior to capture
'urst mode on front facing camera on i"hone 0s
"anorama for i"ad /ir and i"ad mini with 1etina display
2uickType key!oard
"redictive typing personali3ed to your writing style, and customi3ed
!ased on the recipient and the app
"redictive is availa!le in 4nglish 5/ustralia, .anada, 67, 6#8, $rench
5.anada, $rance, #wit3erland8, German 5Germany, #wit3erland8,
9talian, "ortuguese 5'ra3il8, #panish, Thai
Third%party key!oard support
:ealth
New :ealth app with easy%to%read dash!oard of health and (tness
data
/!ility to share health data with apps to provide a more
comprehensive way to manage your health and (tness
/dd a Medical 9 with information a!out allergies, medical conditions,
and more with the option to make accessi!le from the lock screen
/vaila!le on i"hone and i"od touch
$amily #haring
#hare iTunes, i'ooks, and /pp #tore purchases with up to si&
mem!ers of your family*
"ay for family purchases with a single credit card and approve
purchases !y children with /sk to 'uy
4asily share family photos, a family calendar, locations and more
i.loud rive
#tore all your documents in i.loud and access them from your
i"hone, i"ad, i"od touch, Mac, or ".
#hare the same (le across multiple compati!le apps
4dits you make on one device update on all your devices
automatically
.ontinuity features so your i"hone, i"ad, and Mac work together
more seamlessly
:ando; to continue what you<re doing as you move from one device
to another
Make and receive calls and send and receive #M# or MM# messages
on your i"ad or Mac
9nstant :otspot to automatically use your cellular connection to get
online with your other devices
/irrop compati!ility with ,# = )osemite
/vaila!le on i"hone 0 or later, i"ad 5>th generation8, i"ad /ir, i"ad
mini, and i"od touch 50th generation8
#potlight improvements
isplays suggestions from ?ikipedia entries, places near!y, movies
56# only8, popular we! sites, /pp #tore, iTunes #tore and i'ooks
#tore
#afari also supports #potlight suggestions alongside Top :it and
search suggestions
#upported for local languages in 6#, 67, /ustria, /ustralia, 'elgium,
.anada, $rance, Germany, 9taly, +apan, Netherlands, #pain,
#wit3erland
Mail improvements
4asily jump !etween drafts and your in!o& with a simple swipe down
on the draft
9ntelligent suggestions for .alendar events and .ontacts
@9" threads
#iri improvements
9mprovements to responsiveness, relia!ility and accuracy
A:ey, #iriB option to initiate #iri using just your voice when your
device is plugged in
#treaming voice recognition
?orks with #ha3am to answer A?hat song is playingCB
"urchase content from iTunes #tore
#afari improvements
uckuckGo search engine support
"rivate !rowsing per ta!
#u!scri!e to 1## feeds in #hared Dinks
6se .amera to scan and enter credit card info
Maps improvements
$lyover city tours
Maps place cards in "hone and .ontacts
9nline map view and travel time noti(cations for .alendar events
/pp #tore improvements
New 4&plore ta! for easier category !rowsing
Top trending searches displayed in #earch ta!
#crolling search results
/pp video previews
4ditors< .hoice !adges
2uick access to key contacts in multitasking view
9nteractive Noti(cations for Messages, Mail, .alendar, 1eminders
and ena!led third%party apps
New Tips app to help you do more with your i,# devices
i'ooks app !uilt into i,#, now with auto night mode and new
organi3ation for !ook series
"odcasts app !uilt into i,#
'attery usage !y app
i.loud 7eychain can use saved we!site passwords to easily sign in to
associated apps
$aceTime /udio call waiting
1ich te&t editing in Notes
"eer%to%peer /ir"lay discovery and play!ack
4nterprise features
4&panded data protection to .alendar, .ontacts, Messages,
1eminders, and Notes in addition to Mail and Erd%party apps
"er message #FM9M4 email controls
9mproved 69 to make it easier for users to understand the remote
management of their device
/utomatic reply for 4&change
$reeF!usy lookup for .alendar invitations
MM Managed !ooks can !e automatically pushed to users
/ccessi!ility features
1edesigned Goom with one%handed control and multiple 3oom modes
including picture%in%picture
'uilt%in timer and Touch 9 support for Guided /ccess
#peak #creen to read out contents of the screen via gesture or #iri
command
@oice,ver improvements including /le& voice option and 'raille input
support
Multi%device support for M$i hearing aids to seamlessly switch from
one paired i,# device to another
$eatures for .hina
@ector%!ased maps
Turn%!y%turn navigation
Dunar calendar support
9mproved predictive input
9mproved weather data
4&panded language support
ictation support for HH additional languages: .roatian, .atalan,
.3ech, anish, utch, $innish, Greek, :ungarian, 9ndonesian,
Malay, Norwegian, "olish, "ortuguese 5'ra3il8, "ortuguese 5"ortugal8,
1omanian, 1ussian, #lovakian, #wedish, Thai, Turkish, 6krainian,
@ietnamese
New key!oards for 4nglish 59ndia8, 'engali, $ilipino, Marathi,
#lovenian, and 6rdu
:indi locali3ation
e(nitions of a selected word for additional languages: 1ussian,
"ortuguese 5'ra3il8, Thai, Turkish
#panish%4nglish !ilingual dictionary
#pell check for Turkish
:e!rew language support for Te&t to #peech and @oice,ver
New developer capa!ilities including
4&tensi!ility, giving apps new sharing options and the a!ility to
create widgets, photo (lters and editing tools in "hotos, and Erd%party
key!oards
Metal, a new graphics technology for game providers to !ring
console%class E games to mo!ile devices
#prite7it and #cene7it for improved H and E games
:ealth7it, so health and (tness apps can share their data with each
other
:ome7it, a new way for you to control supported devices in your
home using #iri
Touch 9 support so you can sign in to third%party apps with just your
(ngerprint
.loud7it, o;ering a complete and scalea!le !ack%end solution helping
developers eliminate the need for writing server code and
maintaining servers
'ug (&es
#ome features may not !e availa!le for all countries or all areas*
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