digipoint....: September 2014

iOS 8 contains hundreds of new features, including the following:

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 Do Not Disturb, location sharing and attachments view

Smart editing tools to adjust light and color with a swipe
Fine-tune controls to adjust exposure, brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows and more
Search by date, location, or album name or use smart suggestions
Smart albums for Slo-mo videos, Bursts, Panoramas, and Time-lapse
Third-party photo filters and editing tools supported directly in Photos
Your photos and metadata from iPhoto will be migrated to Photos. Books, Journals and Slideshows will be converted to albums containing only photos. iPhoto for iOS is not supported on devices running iOS 8 or later.

Time-lapse mode
Capture timer
Adjust exposure with a simple nudge to lighten or darken a photo prior to capture
Burst mode on front facing camera on iPhone 5s
Panorama for iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display

Predictive typing personalized to your writing style, and customized based on the recipient and the app
Predictive is available in English (Australia, Canada, UK, US), French (Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Thai
Third-party keyboard support

New Health app with easy-to-read dashboard of health and fitness data
Ability to share health data with apps to provide a more comprehensive way to manage your health and fitness
Add a Medical ID with information about allergies, medical conditions, and more with the option to make accessible from the lock screen
Available on iPhone and iPod touch

Share iTunes, iBooks, and App Store purchases with up to six members of your family.
Pay for family purchases with a single credit card and approve purchases by children with Ask to Buy
Easily share family photos, a family calendar, locations and more

Store all your documents in iCloud and access them from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC
Share the same file across multiple compatible apps
Edits you make on one device update on all your devices automatically

Handoff to continue what you’re doing as you move from one device to another
Make and receive calls and send and receive SMS or MMS messages on your iPad or Mac
Instant Hotspot to automatically use your cellular connection to get online with your other devices
AirDrop compatibility with OS X Yosemite
Available on iPhone 5 or later, iPad (4th generation), iPad Air, iPad mini, and iPod touch (5th generation)

Displays suggestions from Wikipedia entries, places nearby, movies (US only), popular web sites, App Store, iTunes Store and iBooks Store
Safari also supports Spotlight suggestions alongside Top Hit and search suggestions
Supported for local languages in US, UK, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland

Improvements to responsiveness, reliability and accuracy
“Hey, Siri” option to initiate Siri using just your voice when your device is plugged in
Streaming voice recognition
Works with Shazam to answer “What song is playing?”
Purchase content from iTunes Store

Quick access to key contacts in multitasking view
Interactive Notifications for Messages, Mail, Calendar, Reminders and enabled third-party apps
New Tips app to help you do more with your iOS devices
iBooks app built into iOS, now with auto night mode and new organization for book series
Podcasts app built into iOS
Battery usage by app
iCloud Keychain can use saved website passwords to easily sign in to associated apps
FaceTime Audio call waiting
Rich text editing in Notes
Peer-to-peer AirPlay discovery and playback
Enterprise features

Expanded data protection to Calendar, Contacts, Messages, Reminders, and Notes in addition to Mail and 3rd-party apps
Per message S/MIME email controls
Improved UI to make it easier for users to understand the remote management of their device
Automatic reply for Exchange
Free/busy lookup for Calendar invitations
MDM Managed books can be automatically pushed to users

Redesigned Zoom with one-handed control and multiple zoom modes including picture-in-picture
Built-in timer and Touch ID support for Guided Access
Speak Screen to read out contents of the screen via gesture or Siri command
VoiceOver improvements including Alex voice option and Braille input support
Multi-device support for MFi hearing aids to seamlessly switch from one paired iOS device to another

Dictation support for 22 additional languages: Croatian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
New keyboards for English (India), Bengali, Filipino, Marathi, Slovenian, and Urdu
Hindi localization
Definitions of a selected word for additional languages: Russian, Portuguese (Brazil), Thai, Turkish
Spanish-English bilingual dictionary
Spell check for Turkish
Hebrew language support for Text to Speech and VoiceOver

Extensibility, giving apps new sharing options and the ability to create widgets, photo filters and editing tools in Photos, and 3rd-party keyboards
Metal, a new graphics technology for game providers to bring console-class 3D games to mobile devices
SpriteKit and SceneKit for improved 2D and 3D games
HealthKit, so health and fitness apps can share their data with each other
HomeKit, a new way for you to control supported devices in your home using Siri
Touch ID support so you can sign in to third-party apps with just your fingerprint
CloudKit, offering a complete and scaleable back-end solution helping developers eliminate the need for writing server code and maintaining servers

Some features may not be available for all countries or all areas.

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