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Top 5 Changes Apple made in iOS 8 Beta 5 and OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 5

Apple updated both its beta programs to release 5.

iOS 8 Beta 5 top 6 changes apart from bug fixes are –

1) Health app – the Health app now collects Spirometry data. The app has gained several new icons, the ability to export Health data, and a “Show When Logged” option to display Medical ID on the lock screen. There are also privacy settings for Health in the Settings app.

2) Photos – Photos now displays a “Last Updated” notification to let users know when images were last synced to iCloud. There’s also an iCloud Photo Settings option to store full resolution photos solely in iCloud while keeping device-optimised versions available on the iPhone to save storage space.

3) SMS Relay – iOS 8 users are getting a popup that asks them to use their phone numbers for SMS Relay on their MacBooks, one of the new Continuity features between OS X Yosemite and iOS 8 and a really cool feature too.

4) WiFi calling – when this is occurring it says the name of the network plus the text Wifi Calling eg Three WiFi Calling

5) There is now an option on the keyboard to turn on predictive text

6) Wallpaper Settings – The Brightness toggle has been removed from the Wallpaper section to the Display & Brightness section of the Settings app that was added in a previous iOS 8 beta.

OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 5 top 5 changes are apart from bug fixes –

1) The redesigned calculator app is more translucent

2) Yosemite’s screen brightness and volume indicators are shown in a more iOS-like HUD interface

3) There’s an option to show the full URL of the page you’re visiting in the address bar, which is hidden in Safari by default

4) Launchpad’s dock icon now shows a little progress bar for downloading apps

5) The System Preferences toolbar got slimmed down in size a fraction