Apple® AAPL today unveiled iOS 8, the biggest release since the launch of the App
Store℠, giving users incredible new features and developers the tools to
create amazing new apps. iOS 8 delivers a simpler, faster and more intuitive
user experience, including iCloud® Photo Library, allowing you to enjoy your
photos and videos more easily across your devices; new Messages features to
easily share voice, video or photos with just a swipe; and an entirely new
Health app that gives you a clear overview of your health and fitness data all
in one place. iOS 8 also includes predictive typing for Apple's QuickType™
keyboard; Family Sharing, the easiest way to share purchases, photos and
calendars within the same household; and iCloud Drive™, so you can store files
and access them from anywhere.
Apple unveils iOS 8, the Biggest Release Since the Launch of the App Store.
(Photo: Business Wire)
Apple unveils iOS 8, the Biggest Release Since the Launch of the App Store.
(Photo: Business Wire)
“iOS 8 offers simpler, faster and more intuitive ways to use your device with
incredible new features like iCloud Photo Library, a new Messages app, the
QuickType keyboard and an entirely new Health app,” said Craig Federighi,
Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering. “We're also giving
developers amazing new tools to make managing your health and your home from
your devices an integrated, simple and secure experience.”
In iOS 8, the Photos app and iCloud Photo Library give you access to all of
your photos and videos anytime, anywhere. Your photos are easy to find and are
organized consistently across your enabled devices. The Photos app can
automatically straighten horizons and with smart editing tools, you can
quickly adjust light and color or access individual tools for deeper
fine-tuning. With iCloud Photo Library, every adjustment and effect is
automatically updated across your devices.
Conversations in Messages become more immersive with the ability to
communicate with just a swipe. Tap to Talk allows you to share your voice and
the same simple gesture also works for sharing videos and photos within
Messages. Group messaging now gives you the ability to add and remove
contacts, leave a conversation and the option to not be disturbed. Users can
easily browse through all of the photos and videos within a conversation and
share multiple photos and videos at once. You can choose to share your current
location from within Messages for an hour, a day or longer.
The new Health app gathers the information you choose from your various health
apps and fitness devices, and provides you with a clear and current overview
in one place. iOS 8 offers developers the ability for health and fitness apps
to communicate with each other. With your permission, each app can use
specific information from other apps to provide a more comprehensive way to
manage your health and fitness. For example, the Nike+ apps using NikeFuel
will be able to pull in other key HealthKit metrics such as sleep and
nutrition to build a custom user profile and improve athletic performance.
New predictive typing for Apple's QuickType keyboard is smarter and more
personalized, and intelligently takes context into account, such as who the
recipient is and in which app you're typing. QuickType understands the way you
communicate, suggesting favorite phrases, so you can write entire sentences
with just a few taps. What the keyboard learns is encrypted on your device and
never sent to the cloud.
iOS 8 introduces Family Sharing, making it easier than ever to communicate and
share purchases, photos and calendars within the same household. Family
members can browse and download each other's iTunes®, iBooks® or App Store
purchases. Up to six members can participate, each with their own Apple ID.
Parents can create Apple IDs for children, which includes Ask to Buy,
requiring parental permission for purchases. Family Sharing automatically
keeps everyone connected by creating a shared family photo stream, shared
calendar and provides an option for locating family members and their devices.
With iCloud Drive, documents of any type can be safely stored, accessed and
edited across your devices. Make edits on one device and the most up-to-date
version of your documents will be available across all devices, whether an iOS
device, Mac®, Windows PC or on www.icloud.com. iCloud Drive brings a whole new
level of collaboration between apps, providing seamless access and the ability
to work on the same file across multiple apps.
For Enterprise, iOS 8 builds on the new IT model for a mobilized workforce by
improving the way users are informed of how their devices are configured,
managed or restricted. iOS 8 offers expanded security and management
improvements as well as new productivity features, including an expanded level
of data protection for key built-in apps, the ability to set your out of
office response, see your colleague's availability when scheduling a meeting
and support for configurable Thread Notifications in Mail.
Additional iOS 8 features include:
• design enhancements that build off the stunning interface of iOS 7, bringing
interactive notifications, quick access to key contacts, the ability to
quickly switch back and forth between the inbox and drafts in Mail, as well as
intelligent suggestions;
• extended Spotlight® capabilities that give you results beyond what's on your
device, including articles from Wikipedia, findings from the news and results
from places nearby; and
• greater continuity between iPhone®, iPad® and Mac, including Handoff to
start an activity on one device and finish on another, along with Instant
Hotspot and the ability to make and receive calls and send SMS and MMS
messages from your Mac or iPad.
The iOS 8 beta software and SDK are available immediately for iOS Developer
Program members at developer.apple.com. iOS 8 will be available this fall as a
free software update for iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPod
touch® 5th generation, iPad 2, iPad with Retina® display, iPad Air™, iPad
mini™ and iPad mini with Retina display. iCloud Photo Library and iCloud Drive
use your iCloud storage with the first 5GB free. Features are subject to
change. Some features may not be available in all regions or all languages.
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