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what's good Brian Tong here and welcome to the Apple buy for all the good and bad inside the world of Apple iOS 8 has been released to the public and some of you watching this right now are waiting in line in front of an Apple Store which might not be so bad after that train wreck of a pre-order now let's start off with iOS 8 it's here and brings a boatload of improvements my favorite one is easily the ability to answer a text message within the notification window something that has been a jailbreak feature for years now there's a long list of improvements the message app with its predictive text the ability to use touch ID instead of typing your password into specific apps and extensibility which allows me to share something like a picture to other apps outside a Facebook and Twitter which is nice and if you have an iPhone 4s I can't really recommend you do this even though it technically works so stay away from iOS 8 if you're a 4s user and just trust me on this all right two things still missing until the release of OS 10 Yosemite is continuity and handoff so we'll wait for that and issues on Apple site has forced them to remove healthkit compatible apps from the App Store for the time being so clearly it's not the smoothest launch ever but what about some of the hidden features in iOS 8 that you didn't know about well guess what we've got a really good looking really good looking correspondent to tell you all about them all right thanks Brian and they're not too bad yourself hey guys and gals Brian Chong here with cnet.com and many of you have iOS 8 in your hands by now and you've messed around with it but I'm here to show you some of the hidden features that you may have not found and if you have then I'm completely worthless to you so first up the number one thing we care about on our phone other than it making calls is battery life so check this out go to your settings then general then usage and then battery usage to see what apps using most of your juice and then quit the apps that are the battery hogs also you can double click your home button now and it gives you quick access to the friends you've recently interacted with so it's a lot easier to check in on my BFF Groot and also if you want to use your phone hands-free with Siri go to general then Siri and turn on the option to allow haste for this feature to work your phone also has to be plugged into a power source but check this out it works hey Siri how do I look alright Apple's dictation is a lot better now when you're speaking you'll actually see the words appear as you talk instead of waiting for a spinning ball that may or may not put out results the weather app also looks similar but brings a lot more accurate data from the Weather Channel and tells you things like sunrise and sunset if you also want to hide a photo from your library for no apparent reason since none of us take inappropriate pictures and keep them on our phones tap and hold onto the picture and select hide where did it go well go to your albums and then find the hidden album and there they are and Safari has the ability to do a credit card scan so now when you make purchases in Safari there's an option to take a picture of your card and Safari will fill in the information for you that is pretty slick so those are some of the hidden gems inside of iOS 8 we know there are plenty of others but this is just a way to get you started i'm brian tong for cnet.com use them wisely I still don't know why he says that like does he think that you're gonna be dumb about it really it's never made any sense now a few other iOS 8 tidbits developers are warning users to not upgrade to iCloud Drive before the release of OS 10 Yosemite because upgrading now will cause syncing issues for other apps that previously used other methods first Enki between Mac and iOS devices so just choose not now when given the option and you can always turn it on later also if you like custom keyboards iOS 8 supports them you'll have to download the app first and then you'll be able to add the keyboard by going to general keyboard and add new keyboard the popular Android swiped in swift key keyboards are two of the top ones worth checking out and it's not just iOS devices getting a facelift your Apple TV is getting a refreshed design that aligns better with iOS and the update also includes the newly added beats music channel and don't believe for a second that Apple is done for the year just yet we've told you over and over to an expect an iPad refresh announcement sometime in October and according to The Daily Dot they claim October the 21st will be Apple's next event for new iPads with an expected upgraded a a chip an anti-reflective display coating and touch ID fingerprint scanner now we're also expecting the official release of OS 10 Yosemite during that time and we might see slight speed bumps to IMAX MacBook Pros or Mac Pro's but we're still not expecting any of them with the new Broadwell chipset just yet now Bloomberg is also saying mid-october while Apple Insider Jimdo imple is saying no to the October 21st date all right now you might be thinking wow Apple is having a great week there's the launch of iOS 8 and the iPhone 6 and the 6 plus is coming out this week but I don't this is arguably the worst week ever if you like Apple just a little bit and especially if you like Apple a lot so you can't wait to get your new iPhone 6 maybe you're going to wait in line now because of that disaster of a pre-order that made getting a pair of Jordans on a Saturday look like a cakewalk and people that's no easy task website down Apple Store down orders crashing in your car billing info issues oh that was just the start of a bad apple so now you're gonna wait in line in you're so excited that Apple is finally bringing NFC to the iPhone except they're locking down the NFC to only be used for Apple pay now the big a actually confirmed it them so saying it would be locked down to Apple mobile payments for at least a year developers won't be able to do cool new things with it but is this a surprise no you know what it is a bad apple now let's keep going should we talk about you - yes let's talk about you - one of the greatest bands of all time don't worry I know that their record-setting album release was instantly added to your music collection thanks to Apple right alongside similar genres like your boys - man and trey songz albums you know why it was a record because they forced it into our music collection without us having to say in it it was so ridiculous and people were so angry that a few days later Apple created a removal to delete the album you can actually go to the link right here I did it and now you too can delete you too and that was just another bad apple but the icing on the cake for me this week goes to a TMT i pre-ordered the iPhone but there was a problem with my billing after I placed the order on the 12th I tried calling but the AT&T department that deals with the billing issues closes on the weekend conveniently so I was surprised to get an email telling me my order was cancelled on Sunday cancelled now after repeated calling and customer support chats nada so now I'm getting one maybe two to three weeks after all of you it's okay there's a whole lot more to life than making sure you get your iPhone 6 on launch day I know this but at everything we talked about in this past week the entire week and entire everything deserves a big booty bad apple that's big and I'm done all right guys let's end things with some happy thoughts my friends at decals for MacBooks comm are doing a killer 50% off everything there's sort of 50% off with the code Apple byte that's good until October the 4th these are killer decals for your Mac books and iPads and guess what we also have giveaways for you the Apple biters right here on our show so all you have to do is send me an email to the Apple by to see Netcom or tweet me at Brian tongs using the hashtag what I did for iOS 8 because I know you had to delete something special or do something ridiculous for iOS 8 and I'll pick my five favorites now what did I do well I deleted a video of my two-year-old nephew Tyler saying I am Groot and yes I am a horrible uncle alright that's it for this week's show thank you so much for watching and everybody enjoy your new iPhone 6 or 6 plus if you're lucky and we'll catch you guys all next time for another bite of the Apple you