Introduction

Whether you’re making the transition from an older Apple iPhone or iPad model that was running iOS 7 (or an earlier version of Apple’s iOS) and upgrading to a new device running iOS 8, or you’re keeping your current device but upgrading to iOS 8, the word that best describes the biggest changes you should expect from iOS 8 is continuity.

Apple has implemented hundreds of new features and functions, not just into iOS 8 itself, but into the core apps that come preinstalled with your mobile device—like Contacts, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Safari, Mail, Messages, and so on—and you’ll learn how to use many of these new features shortly. If you use a Mac, as well as an iPhone and/or iPad, you’ll discover that all of your Apple computers ...

Get iPad® and iPhone® Tips and Tricks (covers iPhones and iPads running iOS 8), Fourth Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.