Messages improvements
Messages improvements
Major OS release · iOS
iOS 8
Software history
Defining features
Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.
Tap to Talk to send your voice, a video or a photo with just a swipe
Tap to Talk to send your voice, a video or a photo with just a swipe
Group messaging options to name a conversation, add a contact, remove a conta…
Group messaging options to name a conversation, add a contact, remove a contact, or leave a conversation
New details view with Do Not Disturb, location sharing and attachments view
New details view with Do Not Disturb, location sharing and attachments view
Photos improvements
Photos improvements
Smart editing tools to adjust light and color with a swipe
Smart editing tools to adjust light and color with a swipe
Fine-tune controls to adjust exposure, brightness, contrast, highlights, shad…
Fine-tune controls to adjust exposure, brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows and more
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iPhone Software / iPhone OS / iOS
Device support
Archive-product links show the canonical products represented by this project. The full device-name list preserves the broader structured support evidence, including hardware refreshes that do not have their own archive node.
Supported archive products16 mapped products
Full device coverage35 device names
- iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi
- iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular (VZ)
- iPad (4th generation) Wi-Fi
- iPad (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular (MM)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi (Mid 2012)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (CDMA)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (GSM)
- iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi
- iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Air Wi-Fi
- iPad Air Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Air Wi-Fi + Cellular (TD-LTE)
- iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi
- iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular (TD-LTE)
- iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi
- iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular (TD-LTE)
- iPad mini Wi-Fi
- iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular (MM)
- iPhone 4S
- iPhone 5 (CDMA)
- iPhone 5 (GSM)
- iPhone 5c (CDMA)
- iPhone 5c (GSM)
- iPhone 5s (CDMA)
- iPhone 5s (GSM)
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 6 Plus
- iPod touch (5th generation)
- iPod touch (6th generation)
Support dropped at this major
Archive products
Device names in support data
- iPhone 4 (CDMA)
- iPhone 4 (GSM)
- iPhone 4 (GSM, 2012)
Public releases
Public release history
Every canonical public release assigned to this major version, including the initial release and later point updates.
2014
- 8.0Initial major release
- 8.0.1Point update
- 8.0.2Point update
- 8.1Point update
- 8.1.1Point update
- 8.1.2Point update
2015
- 8.1.3Point update
- 8.2Point update
- 8.3Point update
- 8.4Point update
- 8.4.1Point update