iOS 8 is the eighth major release of the iOS mobile operating system designed by Apple Inc. as the successor to iOS 7. It was announced at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2014 on June 2, 2014, and was released on September 17, 2014. A new app named Health and a corresponding framework named HealthKit became available with the release. Upon the release, Siri was updated to support hands-free activation and music identification using Shazam. Voice and video messages are automatically deleted unless the user saves them for future reference. Interactive notifications let the user respond to texts without leaving the app they are currently using. Five days after release, iOS 8 had been installed on 46% of compatible Apple devices.
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