A short preview of some iOS 8 features that weren't announced or didn't get much coverage during WWDC.

1. iOS 8:
A preview
of some of
the lesser
talked
about
features

2. Built in Apps:
The home screen has a couple
of new additions.
The Health Center received
coverage at WWDC, and is
worth exploring just to think
about the potential once app
developers start connecting to
this platform. Soon I’ll be able
to tell you exactly how much
magnesium I had yesterday.
iBooks is the other new
addition, presumably to battle
Kindle. It’s a straightforward
service, and automatically
syncs all of your previously
purchased books (with the
apple ecosystem).

3. Battery Usage:
In settings, you can look up
which apps are consuming the
most battery.

4. Find My iPhone:
If you lose your phone, it used
to be you had a window of time
to use the find my iPhone
feature before it died and just
went “offline”
Now your iPhone will send you
the last place your phone was
when it died.
Nice if you lost your phone in a
hidden place, but more likely if
you lose your phone, it’ll be
stolen or returned before the
phone dies.

5. Messages:
iOS 8 allows for multiple apps
to function from the lock
screen.
When you receive a text, it
allows you to reply without
unlocking your phone.

6. Messages:
Simply swipe left to either mark
a text as read or reply to the
message straight from the lock
screen.

7. Messages:
Here I am replying to a text
from a friend asking me when I
was coming back to Seattle.
Even though the screen is
locked, Predictive Text knows
that he asked something
regarding time. It’s not quite at
the point where it knew that
none of these were reasonable
responses to his question.

8. Messages:
When sending a picture within
the Messages app, it auto
generates your most recent
pictures for easy selection.
As someone who sends a lot of
screenshots, this is really
helpful, although I still wish
there was a
Command+Control+Shift+4* for
the iPhone
*Mac’s hotkey to copy screenshots to your
clipboard)

9. Messages:
For group messaging, a
number of features were
added.
You can add people to group
threads at any point
You can share your current
location, or make your location
visible for an hour, for 6 hours,
or indefinitely
You can mute individual
message threads- a godsend
for people who have lots of
friends in different time zones
And finally, if you’re done with
a conversation, you can
leave…

10. Messages:
And of course predictive text.
This admittedly did get
coverage at WWDC, but I
thought it was worth noting that
after almost 2 weeks of using
iOS 8, it was still almost twice
as fast to text without
predictive text.
You can see an animated gif of
predictive text here:
http://bit.ly/1sr75u6

11. Messages:
You can also send voice texts.
This was also previewed
during WWDC as a way to
share experiences like
concerts. I found it much more
useful on a daily basis for
replying when my fingers were
dirty, or I simply didn’t know
how to explain something in
writing.
Swipe up to send, left to
delete. After sending, it also
gives you the option to “Keep”
the message or not.

12. Lock Screen:
Other apps that allow lock
screen functionality include
Mail, although there is no way
to reply without unlocking your
phone.

13. Lock Screen:
Similarly, missed calls can be
dismissed with a swipe left.
Swipe right functionality to
return a call still works the
same.

14. A few other fun, random
additions:
You can request the desktop
version of any website by
pulling down on the browser

15. Email:
And you can now work on
multiple emails at once, without
having to save drafts. Active
messages simply get
minimized and can be selected
the same way you navigate
between mobile safari browser
windows

16. That’s it for now!
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