Apple today released iOS 8 beta 4 to developers. It is now available via Software Update in Settings for those running earlier betas of iOS 8 on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The new update likely brings further design enhancements and bug fixes. iOS 8 comes out this fall and adds new features like health tracking, improved messaging, more efficient email management, and bolstered photo editing. We’ll be updating this post (below) as we discover new changes, and you can send us what you find to tips@9to5mac.com.
– New Settings Menu for Display, Text Size, and Bold text
– New HomeKit icon for data privacy
– New options for Messages history
– Animation is slightly slower when moving in and out of multitasking
– Control Center completely redesigned
– Bug Reporter application has been removed.
– New option to disable Lock screen app suggestions
– New Tips app: full post and galley on that here.
– Tweaked Emoji icon in Messages
– Minor tweaks to Multitasking mode’s frequent contacts section
– Update Home and Lock screen icon in Battery Usage preferences
– Health app splits calories into Dietary Calories, Active Calories, and Resting Calories
– You can now disable showing Multitasking view’s Recent Contacts via Mail, Contacts, and Calendars settings
– Improved settings for gestures in Mail
– EU Roaming option for Cellular Data in Europe
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yosemeti update out too
And Xcode.
300MB… yet it requires 3GB to do OTA. :-/
My theory/assumption/guess about this:
The update isn’t applied as a hotfix, rather, the currently installed system is copied, the patch applied, and then the patched copy switched to or installed. So it needs more than the space for the download — it also needs several GB of space as a staging area, etc.
control center is white, new screen brightness and text size in settings
I really hope that Wifi Calling is available for iPhone 4S.
Settings > General > Spotlight Search > Bing Web Results
Is that new for beta 4?
No.
Yes, it actually is according to MacRumors.
Tips app
there is a new iOS 8 tips app pre installed its kinda cool :)
New Emoji Icon on keyboard
new tips app
Control center has a very noticeably different design
I really like that new Control Center look
yes that is just some sweet loving
I like the new control center, but I wouldn’t call it completely redesigned.
Neither would I.
Yeah the transparency seems to be tweaked but its not redesigned.
What About Speed Comparing with the Beta 3 ?
Word of warning: Restoring from iCloud Backup caused and unrecoverable boot loop. Gonna try again, but may end up with a regular clean install if it fails this badly again.
I ran into this issue, how do you resolve?
Same problem here. REALLY annoying. Cannot restore from iCloud Backup on beta 4. Have tried twice now, no go.
new forward icon in mail as well
Quick Reply for Messages is practically broken. It won’t let me access any punctuation or emojis. When I try to tap these keyboard buttons, it registers as a caps press. In other words, all my quick replies are now boring run-on sentences. You also cannot disable QuickType (now relabeled as “Predictive”) from the keyboard anymore. The option is still there, but pressing it does nothing.
Same problem with quick reply. Please let me know if you find a fix.
It’s a crappy bug that we shouldn’t have to wait for Beta 5 but I may have found something.
After typing something, try hitting the return button until it goes to the next line. Then you should be able to backspace and use the Alt keyboard and emojis.
hmm, this is a weird bug, it could’ve happened when apple changed the emoji icon and code or something got corrupt or messed up
How many Beta are supposed to there ..?
As many as Apple feels it needs. Beta’s are TEST and pre-release DEVELOPMENT tools. Aside from adding in new components as they are completed; Apple works on eliminating bugs, as they are reported in by developers (and soon public beta test subjects…) If everything is solid and there are not any new feature release to add; then there is no reason to release an updated Beta. Historically (at least for last few years) Apple has released a new Beta about once every other week at first. This may slow as the code is locked down in preparation for the Developer GM (Gold Master) and eventual full public release.
Is emoji keyboard enabled by default? Because in iOS 7, we just have language keyboard by default…
Create medical ID In contacts !
don’t know if it was there in earlier betas !
handoff no longer working on iPhone 4S. not even settings are available
Clear install or not?
For user from europe. There is additional setup for cellular data. Now is possible to turn on international data only for EU internet :)
slide to unlock showing faster
Swipe options for mail in mail setting
show in app switcher under contacts setting
anyone else seeing the reboot loop after upgrading from BETA 3 to BETA 4 OTA (iPhone 5s)?
Not with my iPhone, you might need to just let it reboot and after a while, hold the power/sleep wake button and home button and open recovery mode and restore it (assuming you have a backup)
Yup, but I’m on an iPhone 5. Had to restore.
The icon for Display and Brightness is new, and if you asked me, it doesn’t look like any current iPhone. Looks like the device in the icon has room for TWO more rows of icons….
Confirmed iPhone 6 feature: extra row of icons
yup, sometimes apple always has sneaky ways of showing hints or features
can’t seem to access 9to5 on iPhone 5 with this beta LOL
I’m having the same problem I can’t access 9to5 on my iPhone 5 either. I even tried to use chrome to open it to see if it was a safari bug but 9to5 crashed chrome also
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I suppose the new Control Center looks cleaner, but I hope it doesn’t suffer from Shift Key Syndrome where a depressed button state is indicated by gray vs different gray.
Is the favortite, “heart” icon, new in Photos?
Not sure what you’re referring to as “minor tweaks” in the frequent contacts section in multitasking mode, but it actually works now as far as showing contact pictures…prior to this release it would only show one contact’s photo and the rest as their initials.
iOS 8 beta 4 bluetooth not working on the iPhone 5s
works fine on my iPhone 5S with Beta 4, may need to unpair and re-pair all your BT devices
After I installed Beta 4 on my iPhone 5, iTunes 11.3 (Windows) doesn’t recognise the phone. Is Beta 4 only recognisable on iTunes 12 (Mac only) now? Is anyone else experiencing the same problem?
new icon for home and lockscreen under settings–>general–>usage–>batter usage (previously on Beta 1, 2 and 3 it was just a placeholder icon)