Apple - iOS 8 - What is iOS

iOS and an ever-expanding collection of features and built-in apps make iPhone, iPad, and iPodtouch even more powerful, innovative, and a joy to use. Here are just a few examples.

Photos

Every photo you take is ready to edit and share in seconds, right from your iOS device. And you cansearch for your favorite photos by time, location, and album, or browse by Collections and Moments-- smart groupings of your photos and videos based on time and place.

Messages

Messages lets you send any kind of message, any way you want to send it. Tap to add your voice to aconversation. Send a video of what you're seeing the moment you're seeing it. And now you canmanage your group conversations by naming them, adding and removing contacts, muting them, orleaving them altogether.

Music

When it comes to your music, this is home base. Create playlists for every mood. Or let Genius do itfor you. Listen to iTunes Radio for free and discover new songs and artists. And when you hearsomething you like, add it to your collection whenever you want.

Learn more about iTunes Radio

Siri

Siri lets you use your voice to send messages, search the web, identify songs with Shazam, andmore. Ask Siri to do things just by talking. Siri understands what you say, knows what you mean, andeven talks back.1

Learn more about Siri

Maps

Apple-designed from the ground up (and the sky down), this built-in app shows you incredible detail

-- even on full zoom. Maps keeps street names where they belong and keeps you heading in the rightdirection with spoken turn-by-turn navigation and real-time traffic updates.2

Learn more about Maps

FaceTime

With a tap, you can make video calls or audio-only calls from your iPhone or iPad to someone else's.And you can do it over Wi-Fi or cellular networks. So you can be there, even when you're not there.3

Safari

It's the world's most popular mobile browser. Safari puts the focus where it should be: the web.When you open a web page, the address and navigation bars move out of the way until you needthem. Bookmarks are easy to add and edit, and features like Reading List, Shared Links, and iCloudTabs let you get to the content you need when you need it.4

AirDrop

Sharing with AirDrop is faster and more convenient than an email or a text, especially when theperson you want to share with isn't in your Contacts. Just tap to send photos, videos, contacts -- andanything else from any app with a Share button -- to anyone nearby who's also running iOSÂ 8 orOSÂ XÂ Yosemite.5

Health

Now your activity tracker, heart rate monitor, and other health and fitness apps can talk to eachother. Which means they'll be able to work even harder for you. And all the information is accessiblein one easy-to-read dashboard.6

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AirPlay

AirPlay lets you wirelessly stream what's on your iOS device to your HDTV and speakers via AppleTV.7 Or mirror exactly what's on your display to the big screen. Vacation photos, blockbusters, thelatest games -- you choose how to go big.

Learn more about AirPlay

CarPlay

Available on select new cars in 2014, CarPlay is a smarter, safer way to use your iPhone in the car.CarPlay takes the things you want to do with your iPhone while driving and puts them right on yourcar's built-in display.

Learn more about CarPlay