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What's working and what's not on iOS 8

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chrismarle

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Jun 18, 2011
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Hi guys, I have a few questions about features in iOS 8 that I want to know if they are active and working for you.

First, the new Spotlight, is it working for you? In my experience, it's still like the old one, even if I have the right settings for it to work.

Next, in Continuity, we can now receive and send SMS with our iPad. In my case, my Wi-Fi+Cellular iPad Air receives SMS but doesn't let me answer them.

Finally, is Handsoff working for you? I tried several times to start an email or some web browsing on my iPad and then I tried to continue what I was doing using my iPhone 5s but no icons were shown in the bottom left corner of my lock screen.

By the way, running iOS 8 beta 4.

Thanks everyone!
 
chrismarle said:
Hi guys, I have a few questions about features in iOS 8 that I want to know if they are active and working for you.

First, the new Spotlight, is it working for you? In my experience, it's still like the old one, even if I have the right settings for it to work.

Next, in Continuity, we can now receive and send SMS with our iPad. In my case, my Wi-Fi+Cellular iPad Air receives SMS but doesn't let me answer them.

Finally, is Handsoff working for you? I tried several times to start an email or some web browsing on my iPad and then I tried to continue what I was doing using my iPhone 5s but no icons were shown in the bottom left corner of my lock screen.

By the way, running iOS 8 beta 4.

Thanks everyone!
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1) What are you expecting spotlight to do? In iOS 8, it's very similar to iOS 7.
2) Handoff is not between iOS devices, it's between iOS devices and a Mac. It will only work if you're writing an email on your iPad or iPhone, and then it will appear on your Mac. It does not work from iPhone to iPad.
 
Tyler23 said:
1) What are you expecting spotlight to do? In iOS 8, it's very similar to iOS 7.
2) Handoff is not between iOS devices, it's between iOS devices and a Mac. It will only work if you're writing an email on your iPad or iPhone, and then it will appear on your Mac. It does not work from iPhone to iPad.
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What?? #2 is totally not true at all. It does work between iPhone and iPad. You can easily test this by starting an email on your iPad and it shows up on your phone.

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chrismarle said:
Hi guys, I have a few questions about features in iOS 8 that I want to know if they are active and working for you.

First, the new Spotlight, is it working for you? In my experience, it's still like the old one, even if I have the right settings for it to work.

Next, in Continuity, we can now receive and send SMS with our iPad. In my case, my Wi-Fi+Cellular iPad Air receives SMS but doesn't let me answer them.

Finally, is Handsoff working for you? I tried several times to start an email or some web browsing on my iPad and then I tried to continue what I was doing using my iPhone 5s but no icons were shown in the bottom left corner of my lock screen.

By the way, running iOS 8 beta 4.

Thanks everyone!
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Hand off works fine for me. Make sure you put some text in your email and it should appear on your phone. (Just tested this) I was able to pull up my email on my iPhone from my iPad and the one on the iPad automatically closed. Works nicely so far.
 
Tyler23 said:
1) What are you expecting spotlight to do? In iOS 8, it's very similar to iOS 7
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iOS 8 Spotlight search now include map, wiki and app suggestions.

Example:

I type "Taco" in spotlight search and I get map results for the nearest taco place to where I am, the taco bell app and a wiki entry.

the suggested option is still kinda wonky. At times I'll type pizza and it will show me "blaze pizza" up the street from me, other times it displays nothing.
 
Tyler23 said:
1) What are you expecting spotlight to do? In iOS 8, it's very similar to iOS 7.
2) Handoff is not between iOS devices, it's between iOS devices and a Mac. It will only work if you're writing an email on your iPad or iPhone, and then it will appear on your Mac. It does not work from iPhone to iPad.
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For Spotlight, I am expecting the new suggestion features (restaurants, movies, content on iTunes, maps, etc). I saw videos of people actually having these suggestions but mine is still the "old" one.

Handsoff works also between iOS devices: http://www.apple.com/ios/ios8/continuity/.
 
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