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Apple iOS 8 tricks and review

WASHINGTON: As Apple launched the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus with company’s latest operating system iOS 8, here’s a quick guide and review of operating system.

The company officially unveil the new operating system back in June with similar looks of its predecessor iOS 7, with flat icons and menus.

The company made some improvements in search, Photos app which makes easier to find photos, based on location, dates, or album name.

People usually like to send Photos and other stuff though messages, so iOS 8 Message app allow the users capture sounds to send in conversations, including voice notes, ambient sounds and music, app also takes on Whatsapp by additionally letting users send videos, start group conversations and enable Do Not Disturb to hide group notifications until a later time.

The iOS 8 user can send their location and send multiple photos and videos from the Camera Roll.

And clicking a photo or video shows all the files shared within a group conversation, without having to scroll through earlier messages.

The Interactive Notifications tool lets users reply to texts, emails, accept calendar invites, tweet and send Facebook messages straight from the notification banner.

It means users don’t have to open the specific app, or leave the app they were already using.

Apple added third-party keyboards and improved its own keyboard to add predictive text.

As a user types, they’ll see a choice of words or phrases the software thinks they will type next, based on past conversations and writing style.

The software can also differentiate between informal languages uses in the Messages app, for example, and more formal language when using the Mail app.

The Health app puts all heart rate, calories burned, blood sugar, and cholesterol information in one place, and blood type and allergy information can be accessed from the Lock Screen, in case of an emergency.

The software is compatible with the iPod touch 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, 5S, and 5C, and comes pre-loaded on Apple’s latest iPhone 6 and 6 Plus handsets.

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