Presented June 2 mobile operating system, Apple finally became available for download.
It is not shocking to the user similarly, as "seven" with its own revolutionary flat design, but adds a few of the latest features, applications and makes changes in existing ones. Melbourne Herald sun has tested the system and found out whether it is necessary to hurry up with the update.
Design iOS 8 preserved old, but have been small improvements. Changed "blind" control, but in the multitasking drawer arose quick access to favorite contacts. Notifications from applications become more interactive. Now, pulling down notification can be, for example, to respond to the news or to delete the message.
For developers, Apple has added the ability to create widgets in the notification Center, and even the latest keyboard instead of the sample. In basic keyboard built predictive text input. This means that the phone or tablet now predicts what word will be following in your text based on previous news. Alas, the Russian language is not supported yet.
A little pleasant improvements made in the template camera. In addition to the simple and "slow" video, there was a mode Interval, allowing you to shoot Time-lapse videos. An example of such video of a fast-moving clouds. Added a timer to take photos with a delay of 3 and 10 seconds. There are new features of photo editing.
Following the path of cloud storage, like Dropbox or Google drive, iCloud Apple has created Drive - storage folder and edit files on different devices from Apple and even on computers running Windows. Also, different devices now connects Handoff - design, lets you answer calls with your own MacBook or finish on iPad the message that you have started to write on the iPhone.
Has arisen in the system 2 of the newest applications: "Health" and "Tips". 1st collects information about the physical state of the user, and the 2nd is a kind of encyclopedia, describing the abilities of the latest iOS.
In addition to what was mentioned above, Apple has introduced a large number of small changes. This new Wallpaper shown in the demonstration of the iPhone 6, and improved email, the formatting of the word in the "Notes"fresh functions in iMessage, and more. Also, future owners of the iPhone 6 will see some of the innovations associated with considerable screen fresh releases. So the desktop will have a landscape orientation, and the keyboard will acquire additional buttons.
New "OSes" is available for owners of the iPhone 4S and more fresh, iPad 2 and more of the latest, iPad mini and iPod touch 5th generation. As indicated by the reaction of Twitter users, iOS 8 received positively, especially considering fresh camera capabilities. But some owners of the iPhone 4S regretted downloaded the update. "After updating to #iOS8 #iPhone4S has changed in Android. Glitches and crashes in native apps. Until the update, wait #iOS801" writes @Pr1ZZrak. The owners of more recent models of gadgets celebrate performance and more careful handling of the battery than iOS 7.
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