Released 2014
iOS 8
No longer receiving updates
6 iPhones run it
Settings shown for this version reflect where things were at the time, not where they are today.
Settings introduced in iOS 8
- Accessibility Shortcut Triple clicking the side button, or the Home button on older models...
- Apple Pay and Wallet Wallet holds your cards and Apple Pay authorises payments with Face...
- Calls on Other Devices Calls to your iPhone can also ring on your iPad, Mac and other...
- Camera location metadata Camera location access decides whether each photo carries the...
- Display Zoom Display Zoom scales the entire interface, so you can choose between...
- Family Sharing Family Sharing lets up to six people share an iCloud storage plan...
- Filter Unknown Senders Messages from numbers not in your contacts are moved to a separate...
- Handoff Start something on your iPhone and finish it on a Mac or iPad signed...
- Health data access Every app that touches Health has a per category permission, so an...
- iCloud Photos iCloud Photos keeps one library in sync across every device signed...
- Keep Messages Messages can be kept forever, for one year, or for 30 days, after...
- Keyboards You can add keyboards for other languages, emoji and third party...
- Medical ID Medical ID holds conditions, allergies, medications, blood type and...
- Motion and Fitness Fitness Tracking controls whether the iPhone counts steps at all, and...
- Per app location Each app's location access is set individually to Never, Ask Next...
- Predictive Text Predictive Text offers word suggestions above the keyboard, and...
- Reachability A short swipe down at the very bottom edge slides the whole screen...
- Recently Deleted Deleted photos stay in a Recently Deleted album for 30 days before...
- Share My Location You can share your live location with chosen people indefinitely or...
- Spoken Content Speak Selection reads highlighted text aloud, and Speak Screen reads...
- Wi-Fi Calling Calls and texts travel over Wi-Fi instead of the cellular network...
Settings that changed location
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