Discover 30 hidden IOS features that are not so obvious to the eye and get the best out of your iPhone and iPad.

1. 30 iOS 8 Smart
Features That
You May Not
Know
The Not-So-Obvious Features of iOS 8

2. Check Battery Usage of
Apps
Want to know how much of battery your
iOS apps are consuming?
Go to Settings-> General-> Usage->
Battery Usage to get the info at a glance.

3. Do a Quick Reply
Want to reply to a notification without
going into the app?
Simply swipe down on a notification to
interact with it. On the lock screen, you
can respond to a notification by swiping
sideways.

4. Predictive Keyboard
The iOS 8 keyboard is capable of learning
as you type and predicting your next
words.
Tap the globe icon on your keyboard to
see if Predictive search is enabled.

5. Notification Center
Widgets
Add widgetized information to the
Notification center by pulling it down and
tapping on the Edit button.

6. Location Based
Notifications
If you walk past a business that has an
iOS app, a little notification will pop up
indicating the fact. Touch the notification
to go to the app or install it on your
device. This is turned on by default.
To turn it off go to Settings->iTunes &
App Store.

7. Have an Empty Home
Screen
For a change, you can setup an empty
Home screen on your iOS 8 device.
Hold down an app and when it jiggles,
drag all the apps away from the first
Home screen.

8. Use GIFs in Notes
Want to jazz up your notes with animated
images?
You can now copy and paste GIFs or
select one from your Photo library for it to
show up as an animated addition to the
note.

9. Photo & Video Sharing
Select a photo, tap the Share button and
scroll across to ‘More’ to see if an app
developer has enabled direct photo or
video sharing option on the said app.

10. Hey Siri
If your phone is connected to a power
outlet, you can activate Siri just by saying
“Hey Siri”. No need to be messing around
with the Home button.

11. Set Notifications for
Specific Email Threads
Want to get instantly notified when you
get a reply to an important email thread?
Swipe left on an email, select the More
option, and then select Notify Me...

12. Identify Songs with Siri
Shazam’s got a friend in Siri now so if you
want to know what song is playing, just hit
her up with “What’s that song playing?”

13. Hide Photos
You can prevent others from scrolling
through some of your personal photos by
hiding them.
Tap and hold the pictures in Moments and
tag them as Private.

14. View in Desktop
Browsing Safari on your iPhone but don’t
want to see the mobile version of a
website?
No worries. You can now tap on a URL,
pull down the menu, and select Request
Desktop Site.

15. Scan a Credit Card
Hate entering your credit card details, one
number at a time?
Now you can take a picture of your credit
card and have the number automatically
scanned into the relevant fields.

16. Touch ID with 3rd Party
Apps
If a 3rd party developer has integrated the
feature in his or her app, you can make
use of Touch ID for authentication
purposes.

17. Share your Location from
Messages
You can now let someone know exactly
where you are with Messages.
Just tap Details in the message thread,
then tap Send my Current Location. This
will send the recipient a link to Apple
Maps with a pin at your current location.

18. Pick up App Bundles
Can’t afford to buy individual apps from
the App Store?
Now you can buy bundled apps from
developers for a much lower price. You
can also see a video preview of what’s on
offer in the bundle.

19. Greyscale Mode
Although there’s no real purpose to it, you
can go for a monochrome look on your
iPhone by accessing the Greyscale mode.
Go to Settings-> General-> Accessibility-
>Grayscale.

20. Send Self Destructing
Messages
You can now set an expiry date for audio
and video messages you send.
Hold down the camera icon in Messages,
and record your video or select the
microphone icon to send audio.
These will be deleted from both phones
after 2 minutes.

21. Do Not Disturb
You can now enable the Do Not Disturb
option in the details menu of a message if
you want to mute alerts from specific
people.

22. View Recent Contacts in
App Switcher
To see a list of people you contacted
recently, double tap the Home button.
Swipe to the right to see your favorite
contacts.
You can customize the view by going to
Settings-> Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
Under Contacts tap Show In App
Switcher.

23. Zoom into Apps
You can now zoom into apps that don’t
support the feature.
Go to Settings-> General-> Accessibility->
Zoom. Turn on Zoom and Show
Controller. Double tap with three fingers
anywhere in iOS to zoom in and out. Drag
three fingers on the screen to move
around.

24. Buy Songs with Siri
You can now ask Siri to buy songs for you
from the iTunes Store.

25. Pick Up Calls on iPad
You just left your iPhone in the next room
and are browsing on your iPad when you
get a call.
You can take the call on your iPad if both
devices are connected to the same
network.
Navigate to Settings-> FaceTime and
enable iPhone Cellular Calls.

26. Take Time Lapse Videos
You can now shoot time lapse videos
from your Camera natively. Just hit the
time lapse option when you’re shooting a
video to get started.

27. Send Last Known Location
of iPhone
Let your iPhone send the last known
location to Apple when the battery drains
to a critical level so that you can know the
location of your device if it ever gets lost.

28. Share Family Purchases
You can now share family purchases
across multiple devices in the Family
Sharing mode.

29. Close iCloud Tabs
In iOS 8, you can close iCloud tabs from
other devices too.
Tap the tabs button in Safari, swipe up to
iCloud Tabs and swipe left on any of the
tabs to reveal the Delete button.

30. Switch Between Multiple
Drafts
Want to quickly switch between multiple
drafts when you are composing an email?
Swipe down from the top to view the
email messages in a tabbed view and
switch between them.

31. New Mail Gestures
• Open your Inbox and do a short right
swipe on any mail to reveal the Mark as
Unread option.
• Swipe to the left to reveal 3 more
options - More, Flag and Archive.

32. The End
Hope these 30 hidden features in iOS 8
will help you get the best out of your
iPhone and iPad.
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