iOS8 Settings & apps:
- Siri – (General>Siri)
- “Hey, Siri” (plugged into USB)
- Song recognition
- (Not new, but) Wide variety of capabilities (Contacts, etc.)
- Search – (General>Spotlight) Expanded functions; uses context; works in Safari
- Battery usage – (General>Usage)
- %s
- Keyboard – (General>Keyboards>Predictive)
- Prediction bar (Various apps (↑/↓), learns, improved dictation
- Custom keyboards – (General>Keyboards>Add/Edit/)
- Family sharing – (iCloud)
- Share purchases, apps, photos, locations, calendar
- Find my device
- Notification Center – (Notifications>Edit)
- Add/edit widgets; Some available, more coming (See; Macworld, iMore)
- Respond at lock screen or within apps
- Emoji – (Various apps – one tap)
- on keyboard
- Multitask – Favorites/recents (Double tap Home; Disable: Mail/Contacts/Calendar>Contacts>Show in…)
- Health (phone only) – (Health)
- Dashboard & Data
- Medical ID
- Mail – (Mail)
- More gestures (swipes; drafts)
- Add number to Contacts (press, hold)
- Safari – (Safari)
- Access recently closed tabs (+ hold)
- New tab (tap/hold link)
- More share options, (Share icon)
- Favorites list (Pad only – book icon),
- Text view (in address bar)
- Purchases – Camera/credit card
- Private browsing tabs
- No tracking (Safari>Search>DuckDuckGo)
- Photos – (Photos)
- New look – Recently Added/Deleted (Camera Roll)
- Search – Prompts; criteria
- Sort – Variety of ways
- Edit tools – straighten horizon, adjust light/color, fine tune facets, filters
- Camera – (Camera)
- Timer/time lapse,
- Manual focus/exposure
- Notes (Notes)
- More features – Rich text (B/U/I), photos
- Messages – (Messages)
- Respond to incoming from lock screen or within apps
- Audio/video messaging enabled (auto delete)
- Take photo/record audio in app
- Access photo library
- Group – name conversation; add/remove/leave during conversation
- See all attachments
- Auto clean up (Messages>various)
- Details link (Contact info, location, Do not disturb
- Text/phone on iPad – (FaceTime)
- Receive/call(?) on iPad (on Mac w/ Yosemite) when near
Bonus: To make your phone ring shorter or longer than the default 20 seconds before going to voice mail (capability depends on carrier – AT&T works):
- On your phone, dial: *#61# >Call
- Text on screen: Setting interrogation succeeded, voice call forwarding, when unanswered forwards to: +11 digit number. Record this number >Dismiss
- Enter *61*+11 digit number, followed by *ring time# (where ring time = number of seconds for ringing). The finished code should resemble:
*61*+11 digit numberXX#. >Call - Should receive message: Succeeded >Dismiss
- The next call you receive should have the ring time you selected.
Other new stuff that needs a review but not enough information/time/energy to cover:
- iCloud Drive – Syncs/shares/stores (Wait for OS X Yosemite)
- Apple Pay (October?)
- iBooks (New organization)
- Face Time (Call waiting)
YOU DON'T NEED AN APP FOR THAT
You have several choices for your search engine. Go to:
Settings > Safari > Search Engine > Google (or one of the other options)
Click on Safari and go to the Smart Search Field at the top of the page. Type in the function you want to accomplish then the details. See examples:
TRANSLATE "where is the train station" to French (or any language) will also speak it
CONVERT
dollars to any other currency
ounces to liters
pounds to kilograms
miles to kilometers
fahrenheit to Celsius
DEFINE a word in the dictionary
TO CHECK THE STATUS OF A FLIGHT, just type in the airline and the flight number:
United flight 415
gives you the time the flight arrives and the gate number
TO BOOK A FLIGHT - type Flights in the smart field and click on Google flights NOT Kayak or Cheapoair. Fill in the template and see all the options. It will suggest if there is a cheaper day to fly or maybe a cheaper city nearby
