20 Unannounced IOS 8 Features From Today’s WWDC Keynote

The team at Apple clearly had a lot to get through in the company’s 2 hour WWDC keynote earlier today. Tim Cook and Co. sped through updates to their software platforms and spat out feature after feature.

With so much information coming thick and fast, certain things don’t get much or any attention. Thankfully, Apple includes the above slide in its keynote for a just a few seconds in order to give us a glimpse at some of the more important features coming to their software.

Below are some of the more interesting and important features in iOS 8 that we can look forward to in the fall (and devs can get ahold of now!):

1. Battery usage by app
2. Alex voice for accessibility
3. Instant burst mode
4. Wi-Fi calling
5. Vector Maps in China
6. iBooks built into iOS
7. Flyover city tours
8. Auto night mode in iBooks
9. Panoramic photos on iPad
10. DuckDuckGo support in Safari
11. Travel time notifications
12. 24 new dictation languages
13. See your books in a series in iBooks
14. Tips app
15. Navigation for China
16. Speak screen
17. Lunar calendar support
18. FaceTime call waiting
19. Rich text editing in Notes
20. Purchase iTunes content with Siri

iOS 8 will, of course, contain hundreds of updates and new features that will be revealed over time. What feature in iOS caught your eye? If you’re a developer, let us know your early experiences with the software too, in the comments