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<\/p>\nA long list of new features in iOS 8. Here are some that interest me. They are: Spotlight, HealthKit (Health App), HomeKit (Automation), Continuity (Continue from Mac, iPad, iPhone). And finally, Swype will be on iOS 8. All these goodies will be available by Fall. Developers will get them faster, of course. Read the Press Release for more details.<\/p>\n
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Press Release<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Introduces iCloud Photo Library, New Messages Features & New Health App<\/em> SAN FRANCISCO\u20153 June 2014<\/strong>\u2015Apple\u00ae today unveiled iOS 8, the biggest release since the launch of the App Store\u2122, 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\u00ae 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\u2019s QuickType\u2122 keyboard; Family Sharing, the easiest way to share purchases, photos and calendars within the same household; and iCloud Drive\u2122, so you can store files and access them from anywhere.Apple Unveils iOS 8, the Biggest Release Since the Launch of the App Store
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\n<\/span>\u201ciOS 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,\u201d said Craig Federighi, Apple\u2019s senior vice president of Software Engineering. \u201cWe\u2019re also giving developers amazing new tools to make managing your health and your home from your devices an integrated, simple and secure experience.\u201d
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\n<\/span>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 organised consistently across your enabled devices. The Photos app can automatically straighten horizons and with smart editing tools, you can quickly adjust light and colour or access individual tools for deeper fine-tuning. With iCloud Photo Library, every adjustment and effect is automatically updated across your devices.
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\n<\/span>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.
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\n<\/span>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.
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\n<\/span>New predictive typing for Apple\u2019s QuickType keyboard is smarter and more personalised and intelligently takes context into account, such as who the recipient is and in which app you\u2019re typing. QuickType understands the way you communicate, suggesting favourite 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.
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\n<\/span>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\u2019s iTunes\u00ae, iBooks\u00ae 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.
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\n<\/span>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\u00ae, Windows PC or on\u00a0www.icloud.com<\/a>. 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.
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\n<\/span>For Enterprise, iOS 8 builds on the new IT model for a mobilised 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\u2019s availability when scheduling a meeting and support for configurable Thread Notifications in Mail.
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\n<\/span>Additional iOS 8 features include:<\/p>\n\n