Apple released a new iOS 8

Tencent Digital News (Wu Bin) WWDC14 just ended, Apple released a new iOS 8, in accordance with established practice, you can download to the developer preview version, and the official version to wait until September and iPhone 6 unveiled. Although the iOS 8 update was lackluster, I downloaded the Developer Edition after the launch, and for the first time experienced a completely new system.

Due to the needs of the work, my own account and mobile phone have been included in the developer category, so after the conference, I downloaded the iOS 8 beta version from Apple's developer website. However, after testing, I found that just like last year's iOS 7, updating iOS 8 is totally free from verifying the UDIDs of developer accounts and mobile phones. Therefore, students who are anxious to buy developer accounts must not waste money.

What you need to do is to find your iOS 8 beta firmware for your phone model from the Internet (link to the forums in all major forums), download the phone and the computer, connect with iTunes through the Shift + update (ten million points Update, do not point to restore, or else you can have nothing on the phone). About 10 minutes after the phone can update is complete, then boot, your iPhone is the latest iOS 8 beta.

Need to say that, iOS 8 really does not support the iPhone 4, so those who immersed in iOS 7 perfect support iPhone 4 happiness in people, Apple shouted for your cell phone!

As I update and upgrade, so before the phone inside the desktop layout and settings have not changed. The system adds a tall iOS 8 wallpaper, the legend is that Apple spent heavily from National Geographic bought.

The second to see is about this machine, the system version has been marked 8.0, to prove the software upgrade success, baseband version 3.07.01-1. Background features joined the contact, you can use to make quick calls, there are two rules of choice, first select your favorite contacts, and secondly select your recent call contacts.

The system has two new icons, one is a new Health joined, the other is for developers to prepare error-reporting software Bug Rrporter, this software is iOS 8 added for developers to submit BUG, ​​for us What practical significance, we mainly say the Health in front.

Open Health, uh ... actually is actually in English, it really is a developer preview version, the software save even the Chinese. Because there is no official third-party accessories to help, so I can only take a brief look at the basic functions of Health from the list of labels is not difficult to see Health's function is quite comprehensive, from the diagnostic data to laboratory reports and then To sleep, etc. There are a total of seven categories page card, which means that in the future you will see at least seven types of third-party health products can call Health SDK deep development and integration.

In the Health where I found a very interesting detail, iPhone to iOS 8, the first time the native Apple application using non-iTunes account behavior, in Health, the user can set a Medical ID, the ID is dedicated and Health, And Apple's iTunes account can not communicate with each other, but what prompted this account exists, I am afraid to wait until the service officially launched when it can be announced.

The iMessage feature has been updated, and many people are more optimistic about this feature, but in fact Android Hangouts in 4.3 has long been a similar feature, Apple is considered a latecomer. The new iMessage features two major innovations: voice and video (taking pictures).

In the text input box to the right of the microphone more than a small icon, click and hold to speak, and then press the up arrow to send, press the left X button to delete, and select the camera or video through the left camera button, the entire The process and rules of use are a bit like WeChat, get started low cost, WeChat users, it is estimated that once learned later.

Starting with iOS 8, you can group your contacts into multi-person iMessages, share locations with group members, and you can block iMessage for a given contact.

Apple announced at WWDC14 input method will be open to third-party developers, this is good news, Apple said that iOS will be more open to the public. The conference Apple also showed a new Lenovo input method, the English interface, enter the first letter of the English association vocabulary can be based on the voice. However, according to the test, at present, this function can only be turned on when the English is input, and the Chinese does not have this function yet. Apple promised that this function will be implemented on the Chinese input in the future. It seems that it has to wait for the official version to arrive.

Global search function has been strengthened, you can search for more things, but also based on the network to search for the appropriate data, so that this feature becomes large and comprehensive. But in use, I'd rather find something too much, but a little bit I can not find the focus, such as my search for "Beijing" in my mail there are more than 700 with Beijing words are listed, which is a bit caught me off guard .

iOS 8 new family sharing (Family sharing) function, it was placed in iTunes inside, hidden deep, I also find a long time to find, open, you can share photos, books, software, location for your Family, but I have only one mobile phone with iOS 8 on hand, so I did not actually test this feature.

Finally, the problem of upgrading. After just two hours of testing, I advise you not to upgrade to the iOS 8 beta version, because the current version of the BUG can not be used ... just light I found the BUG, ​​such as WeChat pictures can not be made, set two The menu can not go back to a menu, the crashes can not be activated restart, cell phone heat so large that no less than ten, this is a no way to allow users to use the normal software version, so you can experience, to long-term use of the current The situation is simply impossible, it is recommended that you are not particularly friends with fever, or take it down with iOS 7 right.