Apple iOS8 Preview

Huge for developers. Massive for everyone else.

iOS 8 is the biggest iOS release ever — for developers and everyone else. But that wasn’t the goal. We simply set out to create the most natural

experience. Each enhancement has a purpose. Every new feature deserves to be a new feature. Each function is more considered, each next step is more efficient. It all adds up to an even better experience — one that is

pleasantly surprising at first and becomes utterly indispensable before you know it.

What makes iOS 8 the world’s most advanced mobile operating system?It’s the details. The innovations. The complete experience. It’s the fact that you can now see (and edit and organize) every photo you take on all your devices. That you can add your voice right in a text message. And that your health and fitness apps can now communicate with each other, with your trainer, and even with your doctor. We’ve also provided developers with deeper access and more tools. So some of the most amazing features in iOS 8 are being created right now. You’ll have new keyboard options and even more ways to share your content. And you’ll be able to use iCloud and Touch ID in ways you never have before.It’s going to be a great Fall. But for now, here’s a preview of some of the things iOS 8 will do for you so you can do more than ever.

Photos. Every photo you take. Now on all your devices.Every photo, every edit, every album now lives in your iCloud Photo Library, easily viewable and consistent on all your devices. Automatically. The all‐new Photos app makes it simpler than ever to find and rediscover your favorite photos. And you can make every shot look even better immediately after you’ve taken it with powerful new editing tools.

Now Messages lets you connect with friends and family like never before. Tap to add your voice to any conversation. Send a video of what you’re seeing the moment you’re seeing it. And easily share your location so they know right where you are.

Messages. Actually LOL. OL.

Details make the experience. These details make it brilliant.In iOS 8, you’ll find a convenient new way to respond to notifications. Helpful shortcuts to the people you talk to most. And time‐saving features for managing your mail. All of which make the experience of using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that much better.

Our smartest keyboard ever.iOS 8 makes typing easier by suggesting contextually appropriate words to complete your sentences. It even recognizes to whom you’re typing and whether you’re in Mail or Messages. Because your tone in an email may be different from your tone in a message.

Family Sharing. Sharing with your family comes naturally. Now it comes to all your content.Family Sharing makes it easy for up to six people in your family to share each other’s iTunes, iBooks, and App Store purchases. Whenever one person buys a new song, movie, or app, everybody gets to share. It’s also easier than ever to share family photos, a family calendar, locations, and more.

iCloud Drive. Any kind of file. On all your devices.The good news: You can work on any file, anywhere. The bad news: You can work on any file, anywhere. That includes presentations, PDFs, images, and more — right from iCloud. On whichever device you’re using, including your Mac or PC.

Health. An entirely new way to use your health and fitness information. Now your activity tracker, heart rate monitor, and other health and fitness apps can talk to each other. Which means they’ll be able to work even harder for you. And all the information is accessible in one easy-to-read dashboard.

iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Connected like never before.Things are about to get even better for people with multiple Apple devices. Now you can start an email on one device and seamlessly continue on another. And iPhone owners can answer phone calls on their Mac or iPad, and even send SMS messages from any of them.

Spotlight. Brighter than ever. Sometimes you’re looking for a contact or an app. Sometimes you’re looking for answers. Spotlight now gives you suggestions from Wikipedia entries, places nearby, trending news, and more. It’s even smart enough to recognize context and location to offer you the most relevant information.

Just wait until you see what app developers do next.iOS 8 is the biggest release for developers since the introduction of the App Store. We’re giving them new tools to extend the reach of their apps and opening up new opportunities for them to take advantage of iCloud, Touch ID, and more. Which means you’ll soon see exciting new apps with capabilities that were never possible before.

iOS 8 makes a more powerful business partner.iPhone and iPad have become the devices of choice at work simply because they’re the devices of choice in daily life. And it gets even better in iOS 8 with new productivity, security, and device management features.

iOS 8 will be compatible with:

iPhone 5siPhone 5ciPhone 5iPhone 4s iPad mini iPad mini with

Retina display

iPad AiriPad with

Retina display

iPad 2iPod touch 5th

generation

Photos.Every photo you take.On all your devices.

With iPhone, people are taking more photos and videos than ever. As photo collections grow, so does the desire to store them all safely and still access them whenever and wherever. That’s where the new Photos app and the new iCloud Photo

Library come in.

iCloud Photo Library.You’re never without your camera. Now you’ll never be without your

photos.Every photo and video you take now lives in iCloud — giving you the freedom to access your library from any device, anytime you want. So you can view a photo

from last week or last year no matter where you are.

Your precious memories, stored in iCloud.

Once you’ve enabled it on your iOS devices, iCloud Photo Library automatically keeps all your photos and videos in iCloud, at full resolution in their original formats, including RAW files. You

can access and download them anytime from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or the web.

Fill your library, not your device.

iCloud Photo Library helps you make the most of the space available on your iOS device, so you can spend more time shooting pictures and less time managing them. It can automatically keep the original high‐resolution photos and videos in iCloud and leave behind lightweight versions that are perfectly sized for each device. You get 5GB of iCloud storage free, and other storage

plans will start at $0.99 per month.

Organized here, there, and everywhere.

iCloud Photo Library keeps your photos and videos organized into Moments, Collections, and Years across all your devices — and even on the web. You can mark favorites, create albums, or

drag photos into a custom order whether you’re on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.

Make edits once. See them on every device.

Crop, straighten, enhance, or add filters to your pictures using Photos in iOS 8. Your changes are immediately uploaded to iCloud and visible on your other devices. And the edits are nondestructive, so you can always revert back to your original if

you change your mind.

It’s never been easier to find memorable photos. Or great ones you forgot about.

iOS 8 makes it simple to find every shot. Whether it’s a photo from last week’s trip to New York or one from a family barbecue last June, you can have them all at your fingertips, ready to edit, share, or just

let you reminisce a little.

Search your entire library.Now you can search thousands of your photos right from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Search by the date or time the photo was taken, location, or album name. Whether you’re at work, on the train, at a restaurant, or on vacation, finding a photo has never been simpler.

Get smart suggestions.Just tap the search icon, and you’ll get choices based on what’s important to you. One more tap gives you immediate access to photos taken nearby, photos taken the same time last year, or your all‐time favorite photos.

Capture the moment. Then edit it in seconds.Whatever your skill level, you’ll be able to create photo masterpieces right in the Photos app. You don’t have to wait to get back to your Mac to do it. Photos can make beautiful edits for you. Or you

can take control and fine‐tune every aspect of a photo yourself.

Smart composition tools.Don’t worry if the composition isn’t perfect when you shoot. Even after you take your photo, Photos can automatically straighten

horizons and provide the ideal crop.

Smart adjustments.Modify the overall light in a photo with a single control. Behind the

scenes, Photos intelligently adjusts exposure, brightness, contrast, and more — giving everyone, even the complete novice, great results.

Adjust light.Use the smart slider to find just

the right lighting.

Adjust color.Slide to enhance blue skies or

make colors pop.

Fine‐tune your edits.Tap and a menu of individual tools lets you make precise

adjustments.

Photo filters and editing tools.Make your photo stand out even more by applying one of the

Apple-designed filters. iOS 8 also makes it possible for other app developers to create filters and editing tools that you can use in

Photos.

Try a built‐in filter.Beautiful, moody, or fun. Tap to experiment with enhanced photo

filters.

Apply third‐party filters.App developers can make their

filters and editing tools accessible in the Photos app.

A new mode comes to Camera: Time‐lapse videos.Capture the experience of the sun setting, a city street bustling, or a flower blooming with the new Time‐lapse mode in Camera. iOS 8 does all the work, snapping photos at dynamically selected intervals. The result is a video showing an accelerated sequence of the photos over time. Just set up your device to shoot what you want. Swipe to select Time‐lapse mode, tap the Record button, and let Camera record as long as you choose.

Messages. Actually LOL. OL.

Look forward to doing amazing new things with the app you use most. In iOS 8, Messages has fun, useful, even surprising features that will change the way you think about messaging.

Add your voice to the conversation.Messages in iOS 8 makes it easy to capture any sound — your voice, a song, or a big laugh — and make it part of the conversation. Simply touch and hold the new microphone button to record your

message. Then swipe to send it.

Tap to Talk, then send instantly.Touch and hold with your thumb to record your message, then swipe up to send it.

Lift to your ear to listen.To hear a message, simply hold iPhone

to your ear and listen like it’s a phone call. Or just tap the Play button.

Send a video quickly and easily. The new Messages app lets you share what you’re seeing almost as you’re seeing it. Quickly send a video of your brother’s first time paddleboarding. Or your dad joining the fire dancers at the luau. When you do, you’ve said so much more than “Having fun on our vacation.” And you’ve said it in seconds.

Take charge of group messages.Start a group conversation and give it a name like “Soccer Team” or “Road Trip.” Easily

include who you want, drop who you don’t, and leave the conversation whenever you want. Or turn on Do Not Disturb and then read through the messages when you have time.

Give your conversation a name.Tap Details to name a conversation so you can easily find it again later.

Control the conversation. Politely.In Details, you can add and remove people from the conversation — or leave it yourself.

Share your location in themiddle of the conversation.

“Where are you?” Answer that question more clearly than ever with a map showing your location. You can also share your whereabouts with people you choose for an hour, until the end of the day, or indefinitely. And you can see people in the message thread on a map if they’ve shared their locations.

Sharing is easy.Tap to choose how long you’d like to share

your location.

So that’s where everyone is.When your friends choose to share their locations, you see them all on one map.

Tap to see every attachment from a conversation.

It’s simple to browse the photos and videos within a thread. You’ll see all the photos and videos going back to the very first exchange, without having to scroll through earlier

messages.

Send multiple photos and videos at once.In Messages, tap the camera icon to see the most recent photos in your

Camera Roll. Select the ones you want to share and tap Send. It’s that easy.Want to send older photos? Tap Photo Library and select the shots you want.

Details make the experience. These details make it brilliant.

Look forward to doing amazing new things with the app you use most. In iOS 8, Messages has fun, useful, even surprising features that will change the way you think about messaging.

MessagesQuickly reply to a message without leaving an app.

Calendar invitationsAccept or decline an invitation to make

your RSVP ASAP.

Interactive notifications let you stay focused while you stay in touch.

Take action on texts, email, calendar invitations, reminders, and even messages from apps like Facebook right from their notification banners —without leaving the app you’re in.

Now it’s easy to quickly reply to important messages and keep doing what you were doing.

MailTake care of an email without leaving

the screen you’re on.

RemindersMark reminders as complete, then get back

to what you were doing.




Third‐party appsWhen developers update their apps, you’ll be able to reply to those notifications, too.




A shortcut to who’s important.From any screen, press the Home button twice to see the multitasking interface. At the top, you’ll notice something new: the faces of people you’ve recently talked to and — if you swipe to the right — your favorite contacts as well. Just

tap one to call, text, or start a FaceTime call.

New time‐saving features arrive in Mail.From your inbox, swipe to mark an email as read or flag it for follow‐up. You can also easily jump between a draft email and an email in your inbox to gather the information you need to compose your message. And now when Mail recognizes a reservation, flight

confirmation, or phone number in an email, a notification appears. Just tap to add an event to your calendar or a phone number to your contacts.

Get what you need, right in Mail.Easily jump between a draft and your inbox so you can do things like quickly copy

and paste between messages.

Swipe right to mark as unread.If you’ve read an email but want to remember

to read it again later, just swipe right and switch it to Unread.

Never miss a date, a name, or even a flight.Tap the notification at the top of the screen to quickly add flight and dinner reservations to Calendar or phone numbers to Contacts.

Swipe left for more options.Swiping left lets you choose to flag a message, move it to a folder, or send it to the Trash.

Keep your finger moving all the way to the left to delete.

New time‐saving features arrive in Mail.From your inbox, swipe to mark an email as read or flag it for follow‐up. You can also easily jump between a draft email and an email in your inbox to gather the information you need to compose your message. And now when Mail recognizes a reservation, flight

confirmation, or phone number in an email, a notification appears. Just tap to add an event to your calendar or a phone number to your contacts.

Your favorite Safari features come to iPad.The Tab view you know and love in Safari on iPhone now appears on your iPad. You can see all your open web pages, with tabs from the same site grouped together. There’s also a new Sidebar that slides out to reveal your bookmarks, Reading List, and Shared

Links. So you’ll enjoy a familiar browsing experience across all your devices.

See all the sites in one place.Tab view shows all the open tabs on your iPad as well as tabs on your other devices, too.

Your favorites and more are just a tap away.Tap the Sidebar to see your bookmarks, Reading List, and Shared Links.

Your favorite Safari features come to iPad.The Tab view you know and love in Safari on iPhone now appears on your iPad. You can see all your open web pages, with tabs from the same site grouped together. There’s also a new Sidebar that slides out to reveal your bookmarks, Reading List, and Shared

Links. So you’ll enjoy a familiar browsing experience across all your devices.

Our smartest keyboard ever.

iOS 8 brings the biggest changes to the keyboard since the very first iPhone. Now you can tap to choose the perfect suggestion for your next word. And for the first time, third‐party keyboards will be

available. Typing as you know it might soon be a thing of the past.

iOS 8 predicts what you’ll likely say next. No matter whom you’re saying it to.

Now you can write entire sentences with a few taps. Because as you type, you’ll see choices of words or phrases you’d probably type next, based on your past conversations and writing style. iOS 8 takes into account the casual style you might use in Messages and the more formal language you probably use in Mail. It also adjusts based on the person you’re communicating with, because your choice of words is likely more laid back with your spouse than with your boss. Your conversation data is kept only on your device, so it’s always

private.

iOS 8 knows your text messaging style.When you’re using Messages, the word

suggestions may be more casual and brief, if that’s how you like to text.

It knows how you email.The predictive text will adjust to give you

more polished next‐word choices.

It knows whom you’re writing to.You’ll get word choices that are appropriate for your coworker, your best friend, and

anyone else you’ve had conversations with.

And it knows what the conversation is about.If someone asks you a question, iOS 8 understands.

And before you even type one letter, it offers choices like “Yes” or “No.”

iOS 8 predicts what you’ll likely say next. No matter whom you’re saying it to.

Now you can write entire sentences with a few taps. Because as you type, you’ll see choices of words or phrases you’d probably type next, based on your past conversations and writing style. iOS 8 takes into account the casual style you might use in Messages and the more formal language you probably use in Mail. It also adjusts based on the person you’re communicating with, because your choice of words is likely more laid back with your spouse than with your boss. Your conversation data is kept only on your device, so it’s always

private.

Predictive text is available in 14 countries.The iOS 8 predictive text engine is optimized for 14 countries. Which means as you type, you’ll see suggested words and phrases that are commonly used in your region. And as

you use the keyboard over time, it will learn the way you communicate, get to know your favorite phrases, and suggest a logical next word.

New third‐partykeyboard experiences.

Swipe rather than type, or go old school with the classic keyboard layout. For the first time, iOS 8 opens up the keyboard to developers. And once new keyboards are available, you’ll

be able to choose your favorite input method or layout systemwide.

Family Sharing. Sharing with your family comes naturally.

Now it comes to all your content.

Family Sharing is a new way to bring harmony to your family’s digital life. Up to six people in your family can share purchases from iTunes, iBooks, and the App Store without sharing accounts. Pay for

family purchases with the same credit card and approve kids’spending right from a parent’s device. Easily share photos, a family

calendar, and more to help keep everyone connected.

Being a family pays off in huge new ways.Once you set up Family Sharing, family members get immediate access to each other’s

music, movies, TV shows, books, and apps.* Download what you want with a tap anytime you like. All without having to share an Apple ID or passwords.

Music. Movies. Books. Apps. Just think of all the great content you can share.

The whole family can contribute to the family photo album.

Family Sharing makes collecting and sharing family memories easier and more fun. It automatically sets up a family photo stream where you can share photos, videos, and comments. And everything stays up to date on everyone’s devices. So you’re all a tap

away from the latest vacation shots, birthday highlights, and family pranks.

Now it’s easy to be one of those organized families.One shared family calendar equals one happy, organized family. Now everybody in the family can add events to one calendar. You can even set up family reminders that will

appear on everyone’s devices at the exact time or place you choose. So when it’s schoolpicture day, pizza night, or just a trip to the beach, everyone’s in the know.

Is your family all over the map? We’ve got you covered.Family Sharing can automatically share your location with your family members and showyou where they are, too. Now it’s easier than ever to meet up at the park, see if Dad’s onhis way home, or keep tabs on your kids throughout the day. Out shopping for a surprise

birthday gift? Just hide your location with a tap.

Where’s Mom’s iPad? And while you’re at it, where’s your brother’s iPhone?Finding your family’s lost devices is even easier now that everyone can help. With the Find My iPhoneapp, family members can use their devices to locate one that’s lost and have it play a sound (even if the ringer is turned off). If you don’t want your devices to be located, simply turn sharing off.

Set limits and still look like the good guy.Parents get more control, while kids feel like they have more freedom. It’s not a parenting miracle, it’s Family Sharing. Enjoy the convenience of paying for family purchases with a

single credit card. Enable “Ask to Buy” to require children to get permission before making iTunes, iBooks, and App Store purchases. You can even create Apple IDs for children under

13 years old so they can participate, too.

They ask to buy.Before your children can make a purchase,

they must ask your permission.

You reply from anywhere.A notification appears on your device. You can review the request, then approve or

decline it.

iCloud Drive. Any kind of file. On all your devices.

Now you have the freedom to work with the document of your choice on the device of your choice. Because with iCloud Drive, you can safely store all your presentations, spreadsheets, PDFs, images, and any other kind of document in iCloud and access them from

your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC.

Storing files in iCloud is simple. Just as it should be.To upload your files to iCloud, simply drag them into the iCloud Drive on your Mac running OS X Yosemite or PC running Windows 7 or later. Or start a new document using an iCloud‐enabled app on your iOSdevice. Then you’ll be able to access those documents from all your devices.

Edits you make on one device appear on all of them.Using iCloud Drive means you’ll always have access to the latest version of all your

documents from any device. For example, you can start creating a presentation on yourMac at home, then make final edits and present it in class using your iPad. All the changes

you make along the way appear automatically on all your devices.

Start your work in one app. Add the finishing touches in another.

Your apps can now share files, which means you can access and work on the same file across multiple apps. For example, you can create a drawing in a sketching app, then

open it in a paint app to color it in. Or create a chart in one app and place it in a slideshow using a presentation app. No more making copies or importing documents from one app

to another. It’s a whole new level of collaboration between apps.

Health. An entirely new way to use your health

and fitness information.

The new Health app gives you an easy‐to‐read dashboard of your health and fitness data. And we’ve created a new tool for

developers called HealthKit, which allows all the incredible health and fitness apps to work together, and work harder, for you. It just

might be the beginning of a health revolution.

“How are you?” now has a really accurate answer.Heart rate, calories burned, blood sugar, cholesterol — your health and fitness apps are

great at collecting all that data. The new Health app puts that data in one place, accessiblewith a tap, giving you a clear and current overview of your health. You can also create anemergency card with important health information — for example, your blood type or

allergies — that’s available right from your Lock screen.

See your whole health picture.Quickly view your most recent health and

fitness data in one dashboard.

Manage what you’re tracking.See a list of the different types of data being managed by Health, then tap to see each

one individually.

Set up every detail.You have complete control over exactly which data to share with each health and

fitness app.

Just in case.Create an emergency card that’s accessible

from your Lock screen.

“How are you?” now has a really accurate answer.Heart rate, calories burned, blood sugar, cholesterol — your health and fitness apps are

great at collecting all that data. The new Health app puts that data in one place, accessiblewith a tap, giving you a clear and current overview of your health. You can also create anemergency card with important health information — for example, your blood type or

allergies — that’s available right from your Lock screen.

Your health and fitness apps will soon work even harder for you.

With HealthKit, developers can make their apps even more useful by allowing them to access your health data, too. And you choose what you want shared. For example, you can allow the data from your blood pressure app to be automatically shared with your doctor. Or allow your nutrition app to tell your fitness apps how many calories you consume each day. When your health and fitness apps work together, they become more powerful. And

you might, too.

iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Connected like never before.

Apple products have always been designed to work together beautifully. But now they may really surprise you. With iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, you’ll be able to do more wonderful things than

ever before.

Start browsing on your iPad and continue from the same link on your iPhone.

Handoff lets you pick up right where you left off.Now you can start writing an email on your iPhone and pick up where you left off when yousit down at your Mac. Or browse the web on your Mac and continue from the same link onyour iPad. It all happens automatically when your devices are signed in to the same iCloudaccount. Use Handoff with favorite apps like Mail, Safari, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Maps, Messages, Reminders, Calendar, and Contacts. And developers can build Handoff into their

apps now, too.

Start working on a project on your iPad or iPhone and pick up instantly on your Mac.


apps now, too.

Begin composing an email on your Mac and finish it on your iPhone. Or vice versa.


apps now, too.

iPad and Mac, now answering the call.Sometimes when your iPhone rings, it’s not where you are. Maybe it’s charging in another room. Or it’s buried in your backpack. But your Mac or iPad is sitting right there. Now you can make and receive phone calls on those devices as long as your iPhone running iOS 8 is on the same Wi‐Fi network. Incoming calls show the caller’s name, number, and profile picture. Just click or swipe the notification to answer, ignore, or respond with a quick

message. And making a phone call from your iPad or Mac is just as easy. Simply tap or click a phone number in Contacts, Calendar, or Safari. It all works with your existing iPhone

number, so there’s nothing to set up.

Send any kind of text message from any of your devices.Having a conversation with friends and family who don’t use an iPhone just got much

easier. That’s because you can now send and receive SMS and MMS text messages rightfrom your iPad or Mac. So when a friend texts you from any kind of phone, you can

respond using whichever device is most convenient. You can also start a conversation fromyour iPad or Mac by clicking a phone number in Safari, Contacts, or Calendar.

No Wi‐Fi? No problem.If you’re out of Wi‐Fi range, your iPad or Mac can connect to your phone’s personal

hotspot when your iPhone is close by.* With the new Instant Hotspot feature, you’ll see the name of your iPhone in the list of Wi‐Fi networks in Settings on your iPad and in the Wi‐Fi menu on your Mac. Just select it and you’re connected. And when you’re not using

your phone’s network, your devices intelligently disconnect to save battery life.

Spotlight. Brighter than ever.

Now Spotlight goes beyond your device to find what you’re looking for. Before it answers, it intelligently considers things like context

and location. And the results are brilliant.

NewsSpotlight knows what topics are hot. And as what’s trending changes, the list it gives you

does, too.

WikipediaType in a term like “Point Reyes” and you’ll get a snippet of the Wikipedia article, including a picture and a short summary. Tap it, and Spotlight takes you to the full article.

Nearby placesHungry? Just enter the name of a restaurant, and Spotlight will show you one nearby,

including the phone number and hours it’s open. Tap to go to Maps and see exactly how

to get there.

App StoreLooking for an app you read about or that game everyone’s playing? Type the name, and Spotlight searches the App Store to find

it fast.

iTunes StoreSpotlight is a great personal shopper. It can help you get right to the music, movies, TV

shows, and podcasts you want.

iBooks StoreWant to find the perfect book?

Spotlight helps you do less searching and more reading.

Movie showtimesJust type a movie name, and Spotlight can give you the showtimes at nearby theaters.

Suggested websitesSpotlight knows about popular websites. Type in a name, and Spotlight will take you there.

Works in SafariSee all these results in Safari as you’re typing in a search. The results appear alongside Top

Hits and search suggestions.

Just wait until you see what app developers do next.

iOS 8 is the biggest release for developers since the introduction of the App Store. It opens up new areas of iOS, allowing developers to extend the reach of their app content and functionality. It includes over 4000 new APIs to

enable amazing features and capabilities. And it offers bold new technologies for game development. All of which means soon you’ll see exciting new apps

and games that let you do things you’ve never been able to do before.

We’re giving developers more ways to help you do more.With deeper‐than‐ever access to iOS capabilities, developers will be able to create better,

more customized experiences for you.

Photo EditingDevelopers can embed their filters and

editing tools directly into the Photos app. So you could apply third-party effects to images without leaving the app where you view

your photos.

Sharing OptionsiOS lets you quickly share photos, videos,

websites, and other content with social sites like Facebook and Twitter. For iOS 8, we’ve opened the sharing options to all developers, which means you’ll have more places to share

what matters to you.

Custom ActionsWith a tap of the Action button, you can do things like assign a photo to a contact or print

a document. iOS 8 allows developers to extend those capabilities. For instance, a developer could make it possible to

watermark documents, add something to a wish list, or translate text to a

different language.

We’re giving developers more ways to help you do more.With deeper‐than‐ever access to iOS capabilities, developers will be able to create better,

more customized experiences for you.

KeyboardDevelopers will be able to create new keyboards you can install and use

systemwide. Once they’re available, you can choose your favorite input method or layout.

Notification CenterSee more items in the Today view in

Notification Center. For example, you could add widgets that update you on package

deliveries, the latest surf reports, or breaking stories from your favorite news app.

DocumentsWe’re expanding how iOS handles

documents to enable you to open and edit documents using more apps, and to share documents between apps without creating

unnecessary copies.

We’re unlocking amazing new capabilities.iOS 8 gives developers over 4000 new APIs and services that can enable new categories of apps and features.

Here are just a few of the new capabilities we’re unlocking.

Touch ID

HealthKit

PhotoKit

HomeKit

Camera API

CloudKit

For the first time, you’ll have the option of using Touch ID to sign in to third‐party apps —there’s no need to enter a password. Your fingerprint data is protected and is never accessed by iOS or other apps.

Developers can enable their photo apps to edit photos directly in the Camera Roll without having to import them first.

Now third‐party camera apps can have precise control over exposure, focus, and white balance in addition to the controls they already have.

Health and fitness apps can share their data with the new Health app and with each other. When apps can talk to each other, they work harder for your health.

HomeKit introduces a new way for you to control supported devices in your home using Siri. That means you could use your voice to turn on lights or adjust the thermostat.

Now developers can use the full power of iCloud in their apps and enable you to sign in with your Apple ID without sharing your personal information.

We’re introducing new gaming technologies.iOS is already the most popular platform for mobile gaming, and iOS 8 will make it an even

bigger platform thanks to bold new technologies for game developers.

We’re introducing new gaming technologies.iOS is already the most popular platform for mobile gaming, and iOS 8 will make it an even

bigger platform thanks to bold new technologies for game developers.

SpriteKit SceneKit MetalSpriteKit enables developers to create high‐performance, battery‐efficient 2D games. In iOS 8, we’ve added several enhancements that will make 2D games even better. These new technologies will help in‐game characters move more naturally and make it easier for developers to add force fields, detect collisions, and generate new lighting effects in their games.

SceneKit enables developers to render game scenes in 3D and is designed for casual 3D gaming. SceneKit incorporates a physics engine, a particle generator, and easy ways to script the actions of 3D objects. It’s also completely integrated with SpriteKit, so developers can include SpriteKit assets in 3D games.

Built for developers who create highly immersive console games, Metal is a new technology that will allow them to squeeze maximum performance from the A7 chip. It’s optimized to allow the CPU and GPU to work together to achieve optimal performance. It’s designed for multithreading, and there are great tools for putting it all together in Xcode.

Introducing Swift,a brand‐new programming language.To spur the next generation of iOS apps, we’re introducing something entirely new:

A programming language that’s as powerful as it is expressive and intuitive to use. For app developers, it means a new level of creative freedom. For you, it means a new level of app.

iOS 8 makes a more powerful business partner.

iPhone and iPad have become the devices of choice at work simply because they’re the devices of choice in daily life. And it all gets better in iOS 8 with new security, productivity, and device

management features.

Even stronger security.The enterprise‐grade security technologies built into iOS are even more powerful in iOS 8.

We’ve expanded data protection to more apps and enabled finer control over mail encryption.

New productivity features.You have more ways to get things done quicker and easier with apps like Mail and

Calendar.

New time‐saving features and more in Mail.To help manage busy inboxes, you can mark messages as read or unread or flag them for follow‐up with

a quick swipe left or right. You can designate individual mail threads as VIP so you can easily track updates to the conversation. There’s also a custom mailbox you can show in mailbox view that groupsVIP threads together. For added security, you can choose to have external email addresses marked in

red. And if you use Exchange, you can set automatic reply messages from your iOS device to be sent, for example, when you’re away from work.


Calendar.

See meeting availability and more in Calendar.In Calendar, you can see your colleagues’ availability when scheduling a meeting so you can quickly find a time that works for everyone. You can mark events as private. It’s easier to create events that repeat at custom intervals and lengths of time, such as on the first Monday of every month. And you can email

meeting attendees from Calendar to let them know you’re running late.

Get easier access to corporate documents.Third‐party document apps can make documents available to other apps more easily than ever —

without making unnecessary copies. So if you have an app that can access your corporate file servers, you can get to the document you need right from the app you want to edit it in. In addition, AirDropsupport between iOS and OS X enables users to transfer files to and from a Mac even without an

Internet connection.

Better data and device management tools.IT departments have more ways to manage information securely without burdening

employees with complex rules and work personas.

New tools to manage books and PDFs.iBooks, ePub, and PDF documents can now be automatically pushed to user devices using mobile device management (MDM) tools, so users always have what they need. When the materials are no longer

necessary, they can be removed remotely.


Calendar.

Data management and content filtering.IT departments can control which apps can open

documents downloaded from enterprise domains using Safari. They can also set up rules for controlling which apps can open documents from iCloud Drive. A new

networking framework in iOS 8 makes it possible for third‐party networking developers to create powerful content‐

filtering tools.

More powerful device management capabilities.New MDM tools help IT administrators see and do more with the iOS devices they manage. They can set the device name remotely and prevent users from adding their own restrictions or erasing their devices. New

queries let administrators see the last time a device was backed up to iCloud so they know whether it’s safe to perform certain tasks. A new remote management UI makes enrolling and understanding the impact of MDM easier and more transparent for users. MDM also enables

IT staff to help users authenticate to enterprise apps using certificate‐based single sign‐on.


Calendar.

Peer‐to‐peer AirPlay discovery and playback.With iOS 8, you can wirelessly connect iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch to Apple TV without first connecting to the organization’s network. Which means you can present or share your work even if you’re offline or

the organization has a complex network.

Coming this fall.

Apple iOS8 Preview

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