IOS 8
| A version of the iOS operating system | |
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iOS 8.4.1 running on an iPhone 6 Plus featuring the typical iOS pre-loaded apps.
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| Developer | Apple Inc. |
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| Source model | Closed, with open source components |
| Initial release | September 17, 2014 |
| Latest release | 8.4.1 (12H321) / August 13, 2015 |
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| Kernel type | Hybrid (XNU) |
| License | Proprietary EULA except for open-source components |
| Preceded by | iOS 7 |
| Succeeded by | iOS 9 |
| Official website | iOS 8 at the Wayback Machine (archived September 5, 2015) |
| Support status | |
| Third-party application support only | |
iOS 8 is the eighth major release of the iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc., being the successor to iOS 7. It was announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 2, 2014, and was released on September 17, 2014. It was succeeded by iOS 9 on September 16, 2015.
Billed by Apple as "the Biggest Release Since the Launch of the App Store", iOS 8 incorporated significant changes to the operating system. It introduced Continuity, a cross-platform (Mac, iPhone, and iPad) system that enables communication between devices in different product categories, such as the ability to answer calls and reply to SMS on the Mac and iPad. Continuity includes a "Handoff" feature that lets users start a task on one device and continue on another. Other changes included a new Spotlight Suggestions search results feature that provides more detailed results, and Family Sharing, where a family can link together their accounts to share content, with one parent as the administrator with permission controls.
Third-party developers got additional features to integrate their apps deeper into the operating system, including support for widgets in the Notification Center, and the ability to make keyboards that users can replace the default iOS keyboard with.
App updates in the release included the new Health app, which can aggregate data from different fitness apps, as well as enabling a Medical ID accessible on the lock screen for emergencies; support for iCloud Photo Library in the Photos app, which enables photos to be synchronized and stored in the cloud; and iCloud Drive, which lets users store files in the cloud and browse them across devices. In iOS 8.4, Apple updated its Music app with a streaming service called Apple Music, and a 24-hour radio station Beats 1.
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