The next iteration of Apple's iOS software for mobile devices is likely coming this fall. Apple generally pre-announces details during the summer, but a handful of rumors have already given us some information about what to expect.
iOS 8 is said to be heavily focused on health, and may integrate with the iWatch, Apple's much-rumored smart watch currently in development. The operating system will reportedly include a "Healthbook" appthat pulls fitness-related information from both the M7 motion co-processor included in the iPhone 5s and sensors to be included with the iWatch. The health information gathered by the iWatch and Healthbook itself could possibly be part of a full health and fitness services platform the Apple is building modeled after the App Store.
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iOS 8 Release date
New versions of iOS tend to get announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) and there's been no suggestion that iOS 8 will break the trend. This year's WWDC 2014 has been confirmed as kicking off on June 2, which is when we anticipate the keynote speech will be.Apple’s iPad Models May Get Multitasking Enabled iOS 8 Update
Just a day back we reported Apple won’t bring iOS 8 update to its flagship iPhone 4. We stated since iPad 2 has specs similar to iPhone 4, it may also miss out on the latest version of iOS. This time however we’re gonna bring some good news as it is being rumored that Apple’s 9.7 inch iPad models may pack iOS 8 with split-screen multi-tasking facility.
The rumor points at two crucial aspects of the upcoming iOS 8. One is the split-screen multi tasking technology which could be added to iOS 8. This split-screen will make simultaneous use of two apps possible. Alongside, the feature will make sure the two apps that are being used at the same time interact with each other smoothly. Users could drag text or graphic content from one app and drop it to another.
How this feature will work on iPad is not known. Actually, iOS 8 itself is under the development phase. Besides whether the 7.9 inch iPad models such as iPad Mini will get iOS multiple application support, hasn’t been decided yet. In the past, multitasking support of was restricted to only basic background functions, that too for applications built by Apple. When iOS 4 was released, known more commonly as iPhone OS 4.0 the multitasking feature showed up for the first time. The feature was however, for developers to carry out specific operations in the background.
Healthbook
Apple, like Samsung, seems to be pushing the health and fitness capabilities of its products and the next step of that is likely to come with iOS 8.
According to unnamed sources who spoke to 9 to 5 Mac, iOS 8 will come with a new app dubbed Healthbook. Supposedly it will have a similar interface to Passbook, but will track steps taken, distance travelled, calories burned and weight loss.
According to unnamed sources who spoke to 9 to 5 Mac, iOS 8 will come with a new app dubbed Healthbook. Supposedly it will have a similar interface to Passbook, but will track steps taken, distance travelled, calories burned and weight loss.
So in other words it's doing the same job as stand alone fitness trackers like the FitBit Force, which makes sense since Apple already built an M7 motion co-processor into the iPhone 5S to track just those sorts of things, so it might as well make the most of it.
However apparently it will also go way beyond that and track hydration levels, blood pressure, heart rate, blood sugar, nutrition information and respiratory rate, taking it a step beyond existing fitness trackers. 9to5mac has even recreated some images of how the app will supposedly look.
Apple Maps
Apple Maps has had a bit of a tough time so far. Its launch was as far from smooth as possible and while it's no longer putting train stations in the middle of the sea it still lags some way behind Google's offering.
That could be about to change though, as 9 to 5 Mac claims to have spoken to "sources briefed on the plans" and learned that public transport directions for trains, subways and buses will be added to Maps, initially for major US cities, with a wider roll out likely to follow.
The same sources also claim that it will be more accurate than it is now and new points of interest and labels will be added for things like stations and airports.
The appearance of the app has apparently been improved too, making streets more visible. Supposedly Apple is also working on an augmented reality feature, which will allow you to see points of interest on your camera viewfinder, though it's thought that this feature won't make it out in time for iOS 8.
Late last year Apple patented some major new ideas for Maps, which would add a whole new level of interactivity beyond even what's currently rumored.
It would allow users to tap a road for example and see information relevant to just that road, such as any junctions on it, or to tap a restaurant and get a menu.
This functionality might be some way off yet, if it emerges at all, but we live in hope that it might make an appearance in iOS 8.
Siri
Apple could hardly release a new version of iOS without updating everyone's favourite personal assistant.According to tech site The Information, Apple wants Siri to be able to interface with third party apps. Currently it's compatible with a number of popular third party apps, but only because Apple worked directly with the developers to add the functionality.
It's rumored that Shazam might be embedded right into the new version of Siri, allowing you to verbally ask Siri what song is currently playing without having to open the Shazam app.
In future any and all app developers might be able to make their apps compatible with Siri without Apple's help, which would vastly increase Siri's usefulness, allowing you for example to use third party messaging apps and calendars to send messages and set reminders.
There's also talk that Siri might be able to contextually launch specific apps in future, so for example if you start jogging it might automatically launch RunKeeper, rather than you having to ask it to.
Preview and Text Edit
We recently got our first glimpse of what might be iOS 8. Based on the image it unsurprisingly looks a lot like iOS 7, albeit with a few new apps on board.There's an icon for the aforementioned Healthbook and one for Tips, which is likely a user guide, but there are also Preview and Text Edit icons.
If those names sound familiar it's because they're existing pieces of software for OS X, but now seemingly iOS is getting its own versions.
However while the Mac versions are used to edit PDF's, images and text files, the iOS versions are apparently optimized to simply let you view any such documents that you have stored in iCloud.
It's questionable how real this screenshot even is, 9to5Mac claims to have confirmed its veracity with several sources, yet it would be easy to fake, especially as the Text Edit and Preview icons are identical to their Mac counterparts.
