iOS8 Tips and Tricks & New Features





  • iOS 8 features many improvements and new features for iPhone and iPad.
  • Discover some of the most interesting tricks to get the most out of iOS8.






Discover some of the best tricks 8 for iOS make the most

iOS 8 takes us a few weeks and we are gradually discovering all new, little tricks or functions remain somewhat hidden. Today we bring you many tips and tricks for iOS in August , which might be familiar to spare, but who knows if any of them did not even know existed.

Apple has focused on making a major improvement in the functions of its latest mobile operating system, while the aesthetics of the interface remains almost the same. With iOS 8 improve some existing features and add new ones very interesting in order to provide the best user experience possible.


This list includes some of the tips, tricks and more interesting new features found in iOS 8 including some that have just recently come up with iOS 8.1, but we are aware that there are many more. We started!

Make the most of these tricks iOS 8

1. Hide QuickType suggestions

The new keyboard included in iOS QuickType 8 features an option that shows several predictive results removing the old way we used the self-correcting iOS. If you want to hide the bar that displays suggested words simply slide your finger over it and down to redisplay'll just do the opposite gesture.


2. Add photos and videos fast on iMessage

The application messages Apple has been one of the more new features and improvements have received. One is the emergence of a new taskbar icon that if we write down allows us to quickly send photos and videos to your contacts. But if you click this icon once the photo library will open to choose what we want to send.


3. Send audio messages on iMessage

Another new feature included in iMessage is the ability to send audio messages with the new icon to the right of the text field. This button works very similar to WhatsApp microphone icon form.


4. Changes in the Photos application

Another application that has received a great facelift has been to photos. Surely you have seen that there is no longer the album "Reel" but in iOS 8.1 I have recovered. Furthermore, it is noteworthy that Apple has removed the limit of 1,000 photos that allowed up to iCloud and improved synchronization with the cloud these.


On the other hand, they have also added more options to edit pictures after we do and will allow you to adjust brightness, contrast or exposure.

5. New shortcut on the lock screen

iOS 8 also includes changes to the lock screen of your device. Now, besides the shortcut icon to the camera or the tab to open the Control Center, we will have a new icon in the lower left corner which will vary according to where we are, for example, an Apple Store or Starbucks .


6. Notifications with quick response

This may be one of the features that has better reception among users. With iOS 8 We can answer a tweet a message or iMessage WhatsApp, for example, without having to open the application, but we can do it directly from the notification. We just need to swipe down on notification to the text field opens.


7. Using third-party keyboards

8 Apple iOS has decided to open the door to third-party keyboards, another thing that users had long been asking for. Now we can download and choose from several keyboards that offer a different experience to use when writing, which manage to Settings - General - Keyboard.


8. Shortcut to Contacts

When you click twice on the home button we have access to applications that have open at the time, but also iOS 8 includes the ability to see at the top of the screen the contacts you've recently interacted, as well as our favorite contacts . To enable it we need to go to Settings - Mail, Contacts, Calendars and there we can tell if we want shows favorite contacts, recent or neither.


9. New features in the Camera

The camera app has new features such as the ability to perform Timelapses, panoramic, photo bursts or activate the timer.


10. Widgets in Notification Center

Notification Center in iOS 8 allows the use of widgets in the tab "Today." Some applications already provide the corresponding widget, which can be very useful, for example, to check the weather in a fast in the case of Yahoo-time application.


11. Improvements in Spotlight

The Spotlight search bar is deployed by sliding your finger down from the top of the screen when you are on the main screen. Searches for Spotglight have received a major upgrade, now not only search through contacts, music, email and applications that we have, but also on the web, news, movie or application recommendations.


11. Improvements in Spotlight

The Spotlight search bar is deployed by sliding your finger down from the top of the screen when you are on the main screen. Searches for Spotglight have received a major upgrade, now not only search through contacts, music, email and applications that we have, but also on the web, news, movie or application recommendations.


12. Battery Usage by Application

If we go to Settings - General - Usage we have a new menu that allows us to check the battery usage makes each application as well as the standby mode, so we can how the energy of your iPhone or iPad goes.


13. Send the last location

There is a new feature in iOS 8 which allows us to send the last location of our device using Find My iPhone before the battery is fully drained. It can be enabled under Settings - iCloud - Find My iPhone.


14. Recognition of songs

The voice assistant Siri now has a new song recognition system through integration with Shazam. When asked to identify a song Siri will tell us what it is and also give us the option to buy it through iTunes.


15. Apple Pay

The mobile payment service is available with iOS 8.1, but for the moment can only be used in the US and out of there with American cards. Pay Apple let you pay in physical stores that support this service and also purchases through applications, but can only be used with the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus Air iPad 2, iPad 3 and Apple Mini Watch.


16. Customize gestures Mail

Apple has greatly improved its e-mail system. One of the things we can now do in Mail is customized gestures to include the function that interests us when his finger slipped to one side or another on a leash. In Settings - Mail, Contacts, Calendars we can choose if we want to mark as read, delete or postpone an email for example.


17. Hides mail you write

Now, when we write we answer an email from the Mail application it will appear as a new window above the front and if we can hide it to check email that are responding. To do this, we'll just slide down and then just touch the bottom of the screen to reappear.


18. Implementation Tips

August brings a iOS app called Tips on Apple offers information about some applications, its most important features, etc. work This application certainly is dedicated to all those new users coming to iOS from another platform like Android or Windows Phone.


19. Customize the sharing options

When we want to share a picture or video, for example, a menu where you can choose how to share it unfolds: through email, message, Twitter, Facebook ... Now can customize, place them in any order you want, just leave those that use and eliminate the rest.


20. Improvements in Time Application

The Weather app has also been improved and now offers more information than before. For example, we can know the time of sunrise and the sun sets, the wind speed, humidity and wind chill, and more.


21. Health, a new health app

Apple has released iOS Health August 1 new call application which allows the user to make a more detailed follow-up on health and fitness. This application allows accounting steps, calories burned, the amount of water we drink, sleep patterns and much more.


22. Interactive Notifications to the lock screen

In this regard, the company has turned to notices of the lock screen to make them interactive. Now you can delete them, mark them as read and even respond without having to unlock the device.


23. Voice calls WiFi

Another new feature included in iOS 8 are voice calls through WiFi. Up to now make video calls FaceTime allowed, but must be added to any audio calls, leveraging wireless.


24. Automatic deletion of messages

Users with Telegram already know this feature that makes the messages we send and receive is automatically removed from the conversation. From Settings - Messages within the application itself, you can select whether you want messages to be preserved forever, for a year or just 30 days.


25. Hey Siri

Google did introduce the "OK Google" method to handle the Android voice assistant and Apple has followed suit including "Hey Siri" function, although its use is quite limited: only be used when the device is connected to the light .


26. Improvements in the dictation

Speech recognition for Apple was not one of the strengths of iOS, but now it has improved, real-time information adds Siri and dictation applications such as Notes. Those who use these functions we have seen how iOS understood more easily.


27. New option "Read Screen"

The guys at Cupertino offers many accessibility options for users who have a visual or hearing disabilities can enjoy your smartphone. One of the new things that we can see this in iOS 8 is the option to "Read Screen" which can be found in Settings - General - Accessibility - Voice.


28. Mode grayscale

When you spend much time on the computer, using mobile or tablet view we are tired, which can partly remedy using the new grayscale mode featuring 8 Actiarla iOS is very simple, you just need to go to Settings - General - Accessibility. As a detail, I must say that although we have the grayscale mode activated screenshots come out in color.

29. Search for abbreviations

Many users tend to use a lot of keyboard shortcuts to speed up writing and for those who have many abbreviations have included a new search bar in Settings - General - Keyboard - Shortcuts where we find each other, both the phrase and the shortcut.


30. Share your location in iMessage

We return again iMessage improvements where they have also added the ability to share our location with whom we want in a very simple manner. They have also added the ability to share the location for a specified period of time or indefinitely.


31. Browse over your photos

The Photos app has a new search button found on the top right of the screen that can be very helpful when searching for a particular picture, especially when we have lots of pictures. Thus, we can find the photos on the place, the album or the date on which it was taken.

32. Chinese, Hebrew and Islamic Calendar

The Apple mobile operating system now supports Chinese, Hebrew and Islamic calendars. These alternative schedules can be made ​​visible in Settings - Mail, Contacts, Calendars and new dates will appear under the Gregorian calendar.

33. Adjust the brightness accurately from the Control Center

When you open the Control Center and touch the bar to adjust the brightness we can see exactly how hard you will see the screen of the iOS interface 8, a small gesture that is convenient.

34. Share data with developers

The American company is working to make data sharing failures and mistakes that have some applications developers. In Settings - Privacy - Diagnostic and use we can disable and enable the option to share with application developers that data.

Back 35. Reel

One of the things we miss most users with the arrival of iOS 8 was the reel Photos. iOS 8 side was this album that could have access to all the photos and videos stored on our iOS device to make way for other albums showing the latest and newly added photos removed. Apple has taken up the issue with iOS 8.1 has made the reel reappears photos in the Photos application, which is liked enough.


As we said before, this is just a small sample of all the features that brings this version of Apple's mobile operating system. The guys at MacLife has posted a list with a total of 75 tips and tricks for getting the most out of iOS. 8

How many of these tricks you know? Are there others who are not here know? If so, please tell us in the comments.

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