Till now the iPhone has only supported the apps which are been developed by Apple only. “They are really no longer notifications,” said Urban Airship marketing Chief Brent Hieggelke. “They are full-fledged interactions.” Software widgets will be introduced in iOS 8 by Apple which will be helpful in taking subset of features of an app and makes them directly available from the Today screen. In June, Apple demonstrated how ESPN could show sports scores directly from the Today screen. For the first time, Apple is using keyboard from the third party. Nuance and SwiftKey have said they will be ready with iPhone versions of their software.
iOS 8 is biggest ever release from iOS for developers and for all. Apple upcoming mobile will use the operating system iOS 8, the developers are looking forward for the release of the mobile along with the operation system iOS 8. After the Apple preview in the month of June, software engineers have sought to take the advantage of the new features; the new features which include are interactive notifications, widgets on the screen and other new ways for apps to share the content and talk to other apps. This will be the most outstanding set of new opportunities for the developers as Apple has invited other companies to develop apps for the iPhone.