Contrary to the established tradition on Monday 18 August, two weeks after the release of iOS 8 beta 5, the developers have not got at the disposal of the next beta version of the mobile platform Apple. For many, the news came as no surprise about this back in July reported informed sources.
Release's fifth beta version of iOS 8 held earlier this month. iOS 8 beta 5 came out on Monday, August 4, at the same time made her debut OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 5. And now, the usual two weeks, and today, August 18, Apple releases OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 6, but iOS 8 beta 6 and never saw the light. Insiders say that the sixth beta version of "eight" is not destined to see the light and the next release will be GM: a cycle of development this year chose Apple. iOS 8 Gold Master status will be in early September.
Golden Master will be the last test build of OS. As a rule, GM-issues appear with two goals ultimate refinement of applications under the new firmware and the latest search unresolved bugs. Software in the "gold" status is often identical to the final release, the availability of a wide range of users.
Among the main innovations iOS 8 presented at WWDC 2014, Apple's support isolated predictive text keyboard, the function of "Family Access" for easy sharing shopping, photos, and calendars with the family, the service "Photo Archive iCloud», new features iMessage.The platform also includes an application Health , dedicated to the health and cloud storage service iCloud Drive . A detailed overview of the changes in iOS 8 beta 1, in iOS 8 beta 2, in iOS 8 beta 3, in iOS 8 beta 4 - here , in iOS 8 beta 5 - here .
The final release of iOS 8, available to all users of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, will be held simultaneously with the presentation of the new flagship Apple smartphone in mid-September.