Apple unveils iOS 8
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Tech giant Apple has unveiled iOS 8, its latest operating for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch at the annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, USA. Reports say iOS 8 will be available this Autumn -- late September -- as a free software update for iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPod touch 5th generation, iPad 2, iPad with Retina display, iPad Air, iPad mini and iPad mini with Retina display. It comes with a broad array of new features like interactive notifications, a faster and smarter text entry system and enhancements to Messages that will improve group texting. In a press release run by Reuters news agency, the Cupertino-based company said early on Tuesday (Bangladesh time) that it was the biggest release since the launch of the App Store, giving users incredible new features and developers the tools to create amazing new apps. Promising a faster, more intuitive user experience, key features include improved sharing and syncing of content across iOS devices, updates to the Messages and Photos apps, and complete new apps for Health (HealthKit) and Smart Home (SmartKit) control. Also new on iOS 8 are 'interactive notifications', a new sidebar and bird's eye view of tabs, plus updates to Mail, Safari and Spotlight search. Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, said: "iOS 8 offers simpler, faster and more intuitive ways to use your device with incredible new features like iCloud Photo Library, a new Messages app, the QuickType keyboard and an entirely new Health app.’, according to bdnews24.com.