iOS 8, All The Little Things! [Features Discovered in iOS 8]

What happens when in safari you write www.icloud.com and request desktop site?

Estagmar said:

Now while changing the brightness from CC the background shows its actual color (don't know if I explained that well).

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Meaning the the app behind cc is no longer dimmed, giving you an actual representation of the brightness change.

This is huge. Major flaw of ios7--so happy it's corrected in 8!

Comeagain? said:

As of June 4, 10:09am, PDT
UI/Animations

• Icons no longer outlined on the share sheet. (#25)
• New UI for upgrading to iOS 8. (#85)
• Status bar icons no longer enlarged on lock screen. (#219)
• Military time is now formatted correctly. (#269)
• New animation when opening apps from lock screen. (#285)
• Share sheets are customizable. (#413)
  

Settings

• Battery usage by app. (#113)
• Voice activation: General > Siri. (#113)
• Different Location Services options. (#113)
• Different System Services options. (#113)
• Store/Delete Messages option. (#113)
• New options for TouchID & Passcode. (#315)
• Background app refresh confirmation removed. (#412)
• More location services options per app. (#415)
• Redesigned per-app settings for Notifications, Privacy, Cellular, and Background Refresh. (#509)
  

Control Center

• Sun icons in Mission Control for brightness. (#115)
• ”Buy” button in Control Center for iTunes Radio. (#587)
  

Notification Center

• ”Missed” Tab is removed from Notification Center (#36)
• Notifications can be individually dismissed. (#223)
• ”Raise to Dial/Call” from Messages quick reply. (#286 & #287)
• Swipe left to reply in notification center. (#555)
  

Mission Control

• New animation when opening apps from Mission Control. (#115)
  - Or not? (#247)
• Faster switching between multitasking screen and apps. (#127)
  - Or not? (#263)
• Faster multitasking scrolling. (#170)
  

Safari

• DuckDuckGo search for Safari. (#62)
• Request a Desktop Site. (#79)
• RSS Feeds in Shared Links. (#136)
• Hold the + in tab view to open recently closed tabs in Safari. (#239)
• iPad Safari hides address bar while scrolling. (#327)
• Safari supports WebGL. (#377)
• Option to “Scan Credit Card” in Safari. (#431)
  

Weather

• Stock Weather app now uses Weather Channel instead of Yahoo!. (#146)
• Scroll down for more information in Weather instead of tapping. (#152)
  

General/Misc.

• Tips app? (#48)
• New font? (#89, #109)
• Medical ID. (#113)
• New definition dictionaries for Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Thai and Turkish Hindi localization. (#136)
• Lundar calendar support. (#136)
• Place cards in other apps. (#136)
• TouchID requires passcode after 48 hours. (#138)
• First time Spotlight search page. (#160)
• Clock.app stopwatch buttons have no coloured borders. (#226)
• You can delete attachments. (#327)
• Apps can have a location based lock screen shortcut. (#374, #382)
• Wifi connection no longer required for AirPlay. (#474)
• ”Send Last Location” option for Find My iPhone. (#520)
  

Camera

• Time lapse option in camera. (#39)
• Panorama for iPad. (#48)
• Camera timer. (#48)
• Instant burst mode. (#136)
• Manual exposure in Camera.app with a brightness star. (#294)
• Wider support for Panoramas. (#387)

Photos

• You can see the date and time a picture was taken in Photos. (#246)
• ”Recently deleted” album in Photos. (#251)
• Photos and videos can be hidden from Moments. (#481)
  

iBooks

• Built in with iOS. (#46, #62)
• Auto night mode. (#46)
• iBooks can now be categorized into series. (#129)

Notes

• Rich text. (#48)
  - Includes support for images. (#416)
  

Phone

• Full screen caller ID. (#67)
• FaceTime call waiting. (#136)
• In Phone.app, the persons name scrolls from right to left. (#254)

(Default) Keyboard

• Smiley icon for emoji keyboard smileys. (#115)
  - Becomes a Globe with multiple keyboards. (#484)
• Braille keyboard for direct 6-dot braille. (#136)
• Indian, Tagalog, Irish Gaelic, and Slovenian keyboards. (#136)
• iOS 6 keyboard no longer in apps not updated for iOS 7+. (#234)
• QuickType can be hidden by swiping down. (#368)
• Keyboard touches are ignored while swiping up to access Control Center. (#369)
  

Messages

• New photo picker when sending photos over Messages. (#115)
• Messages auto loads previous messages. (#254)
• You can title group message threads. (#272)
• Batch save/delete all images in a message thread. (#312)
• Camera button in messages shows recently taken pictures. (#328)
• Pictures in Messages conversations are much larger. (#341)
• You can send your current location in Messages. (#457)
• Camera button in Messages changes color based on message type. (#499)
  

Accessibility

• Braille keyboard for direct 6-dot braille. (#136)
• Alex voice. (#136)
• Improved Zoom for accessibility. (#136)
• Speak screen. (#136)
• Greyscale mode in Accessibility. (#140)
• When Increase Contrast is enabled the passcode screen is no longer solid gray. (#480)
• New voices (and gesture) for speech accessibility. (#541)
  

Guided Access

• TouchID to exit Guided Access. (#136)
• Time limits and countdown timer for Guided Access. (#136)

Music

• Left swipe to delete album. (#175)
• Albums no longer show tracks on iPad. (#195)
• Can add music to a playlist from another playlist. (#202)

Mail

• Ability to view mail content while composing also available on iPhone. (#243)
• Mail conversations are now threads. (#324)
• Threads can have alerts individually. (#324)
• Exchange automatic reply. (#604)
  

App Store

• If you pause an installing app it shows a pause icon. (#248)
• App store search results scroll vertically. (#396 & #397)

Voice Memos

• Play/Pause button next to the record button in Voice Memos. (#252)
  

Siri

• Dictation for Danish now available. (#297)
• Shazam automatically matches a song when Siri is open. (#309)
  

Calendar

• Custom calendar repeat events without Siri. (#351)
• Travel time in calendar appointments. (#435 {Screenshot: #523}
• Decline a calendar invite with a comment. (#467)
• Calendar week # visible. (#543)
• Alert “When I need to leave” for calendar events. (#602)

Passbook

• Passbook “info” card only displays without other cards. (#436)

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Love the list bro!

Now able to delete individual browsing history in Safari.

If I remember it right, it's not possible previously.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

Apple blogger said:

What happens when in safari you write www.icloud.com and request desktop site?

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Opens the desktop site as it should

Apple blogger said:

What happens when in safari you write www.icloud.com and request desktop site?

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Redirects to Apple.com before you ever reach it

HDR photos have an indication icon on the top left corner

Jrobert94 said:

Redirects to Apple.com before you ever reach it

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Hatton920 said:

Opens the desktop site as it should

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Umm 2 ppl saying two different things #

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batongxue said:

Now able to delete individual browsing history in Safari.

If I remember it right, it's not possible previously.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

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Nope not possible previously

abshole765 said:

Is there a Forward Option in Notes?
Do the controls in Control Center still play from last audio source?
And does Weather in Notification Center still giving vague descriptions?
Or messages/alerts disappearing from Notification Center?
Photos app still a mess?
Selecting/modifying a URL in Safari still a pain in the ass?

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Considering nobody replied to this I'm assuming they're all still present.

As someone who uses several different language keyboards, it bugs me that in iOS 7 and earlier, the globe icon is in different places for certain keyboards.

English and Chinese have it second from the left, after the numbers/symbols key:



While Japanese and Emoji have it in the left corner:



If anyone notices that Apple have made these consistent, that will be another keyboard-related win for me in iOS 8. Not holding my breath, but would be great to see this show up as a 'little thing' in this thread. Can anyone check?

CTU Kyoto said:

As someone who uses several different language keyboards, it bugs me that in iOS 7 and earlier, the globe icon is in different places for certain keyboards.

English and Chinese have it second from the left, after the numbers/symbols key:

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While Japanese and Emoji have it in the left corner:

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If anyone notices that Apple have made these consistent, that will be another keyboard-related win for me in iOS 8. Not holding my breath, but would be great to see this show up as a 'little thing' in this thread. Can anyone check?

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Nope still inconsistent

Sorry if this was there before, but I don't think this has been posted. Battery percentage is now turned on by default.

Apple blogger said:

Umm 2 ppl saying two different things ��

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Just tried here and you can access the desktop site and all the apps in it (including iwork)... Although it was extremely slow and buggy (ipad mini 1st gen)

I think auto suggestion banner above keyboard is gone..

hulk2012 said:

I think auto suggestion banner above keyboard is gone..

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Still there..

Jrobert94 said:

Nope still inconsistent

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Sucks... Thanks for checking. My other keyboard gripe is that the dictation button needs to activate after pressing and holding for a moment, rather than just a tap, in order to prevent accidental activation. Don't suppose that has changed?

for the iPad is camera roll completely removed or hidden somewhere because I can't find it for the life of me

DocFandan said:

You know, you can shake your phone once you realize you've deleted a message, and undo the action which would put the deleted message back where it was. Cheers

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nheilweil said:

Hahaha -- thanks! Seriously...I can't believe I'm just learning that now!

And I figured out my swipe issue: if I flick from very right edge, it works fine. It's when I start a little in from the edge and drag across rather than flick that it was sketchy. But now at least I know how to undo it!

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Wow... I didn't know that either.. I thought it just worked for typing undo... Thanks...

The AlluRe said:

for the iPad is camera roll completely removed or hidden somewhere because I can't find it for the life of me

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I read somewhere that it's now called Recent Pictures or Recently Added or something.

CTU Kyoto said:

Sucks... Thanks for checking. My other keyboard gripe is that the dictation button needs to activate after pressing and holding for a moment, rather than just a tap, in order to prevent accidental activation. Don't suppose that has changed?

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Seems pretty instant(single tap) to me to be honest. Don't remember needed to hold it before tho

Menopause said:

Thanks, could you please check if QuickType still gives you suggestions if you disable Auto-Correction from Settings → General → Keyboard → Auto-Correction?

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No, disabling Auto-Correction also disables QuickType.

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Apple blogger said:

What happens when in safari you write http://www.icloud.com and request desktop site?

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Nothing. iCloud.com takes you directly to apple.com

schimanke said:

No, disabling Auto-Correction also disables QuickType.

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Nothing. iCloud.com takes you directly to apple.com

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Thank you, I said this above and was contradicted

Is it worth the $99 become a developer to get iOS 8? I don't want to develop any app I just want iOS 8.

Now when you are on a phone call, you can exit the phone app and then clicking on the phone app icon it will allow you to visit the phone app and see your favorites/recents/etc instead of just returning you to the in-call screen. If you want to go to the in-call screen then you tap the green bar at the top of the screen. This is huge! Now you can look up recent calls while on a phone call.

Apple blogger said:

New translucent lines that separate .. In ios 7 they were just grey

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Ew, it really bugs me that the Slideshow, AirPlay and More icons are outlined but the Copy, Print and Assign to Contact are not. Talk about inconsistency!