The new features of iOS
8 has most Apple lovers in a tizzy because of the strong features
that it has introduced. Here are the best features of the platform.
Response to
notifications
Responding to
notifications has become easy too. One can reply back to messages
without having to open the messaging app. The same attribute is added
to Calendar notifications, and even Facebook. One can set up the
feature from the lock screen, which will shave a few seconds off your
response time.
Developers can now
resort to building widgets for the notifications drawer wherein
real-time updates can be flashed consistently, be it sports, stocks
or just about anything else.
Siri is more
responsive
Siri is now becoming
useful while driving cars with better hands-free use. Hey Siri will
now start the assistant and with Shazam, it can now recognize songs
and even buy tracks through Amazon.
TouchID for all
Third-party apps can
now make use of the TouchID feature with fingerprint data restricted
to the phone itself. Now social sharing becomes easy and so do mobile
payments.
Mail navigation with
a swipe
The Mail app now
introduces the option to flag and delete messages with just a single
swipe. Swiping down will minimize the draft for accessing other inbox
mails. Tapping at the bottom with reopen the draft. You can add
calendar events from email directly too.
Spotlight finds more
Similar to the
yet-to-be-launched OS X Yosemite, Spotlight in iOS will help you
search for apps within the device as well as in web locations from
where you might want it to be downloaded from. Search for songs, and
Spotlight will show results from the music library and even from
iTunes. You can push for local theater listings, and content for
streaming.
Keyboard gets
smarter
Predictive typing makes
it way to iOS, finally in the form of QuickType which will suggest
words and phrases depending on the app. It will look the same though,
without the row on top indicating the options. Apple now also
supports third-party keyboards, including Swype.
Advanced Photos and
camera options
iOS 8 provides the
Photos App to automatically correct the pictures with smart editing
tools along with individual tools available for fine-tuning the
images. Now users can adjust exposure, brightness, contrast, shadows
and the like. The Photos framework will be available for third party
developers to build apps. iOS 8 also allows camera apps for better
control with manual adjustment of focus, shutter speed and ISO.
Healthkit unifies
medical data
Healthkit aggregates
all health related info from different features combining and storing
that info in a centralized place. Users can share information
received from doctors. If the health levels are not optimal, the app
has the ability to contact the hospital and doctor.
HomeKit provides
smart home control
With a multitude of
smart home devices which are independent of each other, Apple’s
HomeKit brings them together under a common network protocol to
control all of them. Voice commands will help in monitoring and
controlling the different smart home features such as lights, doors,
thermostat and the like. Philips and Honeywell are some of the
partners for the same.
Family Sharing lets
you spread media around
With the family sharing
feature, one can share photos and calendar entries within the family
and even share iTunes and App Store purchases with up to six people.
Also, parents will be notified if their kids are trying to buy
something online.
Building on iOS 7′s
flat interface, iOS 8 App Development has enabled users to do much more than before.
Now, instead of just showing the open apps, it also shows the
pictures of people who you connect with on a regular basis. One can
communicate in more ways than one through the feature.
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