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UI/Animations
Settings
Control Center
Notification Center
Mission Control
Safari
Weather
General/Misc.
Camera
Photos
iBooks
Notes
Phone
(Default) Keyboard
Messages
Accessibility
Guided Access
Music
Mail
App Store
Voice Memos
Siri
Calendar
Passbook
Maps
Facetime (iPad)
UI/Animations
- Icons no longer outlined on the share sheet. (kmj2318)
- New UI for upgrading to iOS 8. (SumYoungGai)
- Military time is now formatted correctly. (luckydcxx)
- New animation when opening apps from lock screen. (virginblue4)
- Share sheets are customizable. (manhattanmania)
- Share sheets use translucent lines as separators. (Apple blogger SS)
- Share sheets have new AirDrop icon when disabled; bolder than before (MinEderPlayz SS)
- {iPad Contacts} Different list-contact ratio. (MinEderPlayz)
Settings
- Battery usage by app. (Topher227 SS)
- Voice activation: General > Siri. (Topher227)
- Different Location Services options. (Topher227 SS)
- Different System Services options. (Topher227)
- Store/Delete Messages option. (Topher227 SS)
- New options for TouchID & Passcode. (efice32)
- Background app refresh confirmation removed. (toxicfusion)
- More location services options per app. (Knockoutjosie SS)
- Redesigned per-app settings for Notifications, Privacy, Cellular, and Background Refresh. (Tubebaum SS)
- Option for Cellular data for FaceTime calls. (lovewd)
- VPN can be connected directly from the Settings app (OpenVPN update released 9/15/14 enables this). (Clete2 SS)
Control Center
- Sun icons in Mission Control for brightness. (jafingi)
- ”Buy” button in Control Center for iTunes Radio. (VSMacOne SS)
Notification Center
- ”Missed” Tab is removed from Notification Center (Richardgm)
- Notifications can be individually dismissed. (falkedup)
- ”Raise to Dial/Call” from Messages quick reply. (ANdYMILLMAN)
- Swipe left to reply in notification center. (Antoni Nygaard SS)
Mission Control
- New animation when opening apps from Mission Control. (jafingi)
- Or not? (Paddle1) - Faster switching between multitasking screen and apps. (SumYoungGai)
- Or not? (Paddle1) - Faster multitasking scrolling. (allistera)
Safari
- DuckDuckGo search for Safari. (ErikGrim)
- Request a Desktop Site. (CarlosQC SS)
- RSS Feeds in Shared Links. (localboy28 (via iDownloadblog))
- Hold the + in tab view to open recently closed tabs in Safari. (Estagmar SS)
- iPad Safari hides address bar while scrolling. (Antoni Nygaard SS)
- Safari supports WebGL. (kdhoe)
- Option to “Scan Credit Card” in Safari. (TriforceofTime SS)
- Individually delete browsing history. (batongxue)
- Quick website search. (Richardgm)
Weather
- Stock Weather app now uses Weather Channel instead of Yahoo!. (swordfish5736)
- Scroll down for more information in Weather instead of tapping. (virginblue4 SS)
- Weekly forecast up to a week displayed. (JetBlack7)
General/Misc.
- Tips app (CarlosQC)
- New font? (SumYoungGai (SumYoungGai SS))
- Medical ID. (Topher227)
- New definition dictionaries for Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Thai and Turkish Hindi localization. (localboy28)
- Place cards in other apps. (localboy28)
- TouchID requires passcode after 48 hours. (DDustiNN)
- First time Spotlight search page. (virginblue4 SS)
- Clock.app stopwatch buttons have no coloured borders. (schlaufox)
- You can delete attachments. (Antoni Nygaard)
- Apps can have a location based lock screen shortcut. (fastthumbs SS)
- Wifi connection no longer required for AirPlay. (chrf097)
- ”Send Last Location” option for Find My iPhone. (ErikGrim (via iOS Blog) SS)
Camera
- Time lapse option in camera. (bgro)
- Panorama for iPad. (CarlosQG)
- Camera timer. (CarlosQG)
- Instant burst mode. (localboy28)
- Manual exposure in Camera.app with a brightness star. (SanjeevRana SS)
- Wider support for Panoramas. (chrf097)
Photos
- You can see the date and time a picture was taken in Photos. (sik08amg SS)
- ”Recently deleted” album in Photos. (HCO SS)
- Photos and videos can be hidden from Moments. (stavtag SS)
iBooks
- Built in with iOS. (CarlozQG)
- Auto night mode. (CarlozQG)
- iBooks can now be categorized into series. (ultra7k)
Notes
- Rich text. (CarlosQG)
- Includes support for images. (Knockoutjosie SS)
Phone
- Full screen caller ID. (marvz)
- FaceTime call waiting. (localboy28)
- In Phone.app, the persons name scrolls from right to left. (sik08amg)
- Can use phone app during a call. (DocDandan)
- Different behavior in Mission Control/multitasking view (MinEderPlayz) - Phone.app remembers if speaker was turned on during last call (VSMacOne)
(Default) Keyboard
- Smiley icon for emoji keyboard smileys. (jafingi)
- Becomes a Globe with multiple keyboards. (Antoni Nygaard) - Braille keyboard for direct 6-dot braille. (localboy28)
- Indian, Tagalog, Irish Gaelic, and Slovenian keyboards. (localboy28)
- iOS 6 keyboard no longer in apps not updated for iOS 7+. (Paddle1 SS)
- QuickType can be hidden by swiping down. (VSMacOne SS)
- Keyboard touches are ignored while swiping up to access Control Center. (adamtj11)
- Keyboard stays on numbers if only one character is typed. (MinEderPlayz)
Messages
- New photo picker when sending photos over Messages. (jafingi)
- Messages auto loads previous messages. (sik08amg)
- You can title group message threads. (astral125)
- Batch save/delete all images in a message thread. (efice32)
- Camera button in messages shows recently taken pictures. (dspalton SS)
- Pictures in Messages conversations are much larger. (uiop.)
- You can send your current location in Messages. (Papajuice)
- Camera button in Messages changes color based on message type. (Comeagain? SS)
Accessibility
- Braille keyboard for direct 6-dot braille. (localboy28)
- Alex voice. (localboy28)
- Improved Zoom for accessibility. (localboy28)
- Speak screen. (localboy28)
- Greyscale mode in Accessibility. (Antoni Nygaard)
- When Increase Contrast is enabled the passcode screen is no longer solid gray. (Paddle1)
- New voices (and gesture) for speech accessibility. (luckydcxx SS)
Guided Access
- TouchID to exit Guided Access. (localboy28)
- Time limits and countdown timer for Guided Access. (localboy28)
Music
- Left swipe to delete album. (Stupotpot & thomas-chk)
- Albums no longer show tracks on iPad. (ErikGrim)
- Can add music to a playlist from another playlist. (Imddawson)
- Playlists no longer show album art, only shows once you go into the actual Playlist.
- Rectangular shaped album art no longer shows white background on lockscreen; wallpaper shown inside
- iTunes Radio now shows how many skips you have left. (Richardgm)
- Ability to view mail content while composing also available on iPhone. (Estagmar SS)
- Mail conversations are now threads. (Shawzborne)
- Threads can have alerts individually. (Shawzborne)
- Exchange automatic reply. (Topher227 SS)
- New “Add to Contacts” button drawing information from email signatures. (Frankh1982)
App Store
- App store search results scroll vertically. (Djlild7hina & drea97)
- Purchased apps displayed alphabetically. (fardeenah SS)
Voice Memos
- Play/Pause button next to the record button in Voice Memos. (kmj2318)
Siri
- Dictation for Danish now available. (Antonu Nygaard)
- Shazam automatically matches a song when Siri is open. (jafingi)
Calendar
- Lunar calendar support. (localboy28)
- Custom calendar repeat events without Siri. (Will0827)
- Travel time in calendar appointments. (Teeceman {nheilweil's SS}
- Decline a calendar invite with a comment. (nheilweil SS)
- Calendar week # visible. (luckydcxx SS)
- Alert “When I need to leave” for calendar events. (nheilweil SS)
Passbook
- Passbook “info” card only displays without other cards. (matt.p)
Maps
- New options for navigation directions. (ikm19 SS)
Facetime (iPad)
- New options, including “Add call”. (MinEderPlayz)
- Different behavior in Mission Control/multitasking view (see Phones section)
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