Apple to bring back camera roll with iOS 8.1

The tech giant announced it will bring back the 'beloved camera roll' with its upcoming update for iOS 8, along with other new features for photo library.


CNET

After consumers mourned the loss of camera roll with the launch of iOS 8, Apple announced that it's bringing back the feature with iOS 8.1. Additionally, with the update it will bring added support for Apple pay and will debut the public beta of iCloud photo library so users can have every photo they take on all of their devices.


Apple made the announcement on Thursday at a press event at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. Despite announcing the upcoming additions to iOS 8, Apple didn't give any hints at when the update will roll out.


Apple launched iOS 8 last month. It's the company's second major release of a mobile operating system under the guidance of head designer Jony Ive and software head Craig Federighi. Apple released iOS 7 last year with an updated typography, color schemes and a flatter design concept, as well as a new control center.


While not as major an overhaul as iOS 7, iOS 8 still offers a bevy of new features with more of a focus on functionality than visuals. Besides new software that tackles long-standing issues with iOS' notification system, iOS 8 also has tie-ins with Apple's desktop OS X software, iCloud and native SMS client Messages.


A new addition to iOS 8 also includes Handoff, which allows users to start a program -- such as writing an email or composing a text -- on an iPhone and then finish it on an iPad or Mac. Apple also introduced QuickType for its Messages app, which features a predictive keyboard software enhancement that allows for quicker auto-correct and fill-out suggestions.


Adoption of the iOS 8 has been sluggish, however. As of October 5, Apple's App Store Distribution page showed adoption of iOS 8 at 47 percent. That's a mere one point bump from the 46 percent seen on September 21. That sliver of growth over a two-week period appears to be a sign that iOS 8 hasn't exactly wowed the masses.


At release, iOS 8 was saddled with a number of technical issues that prompted Apple to release iOS 8.0.1 as a fix a week later on September 24. But version 8.0.1 introduced even more bugs. Specifically, many users quickly started complaining that they were no longer able to connect to cellular networks and that the Touch ID fingerprint sensor had stopped working.


The iOS 8.0.1 update was recalled about an hour after it first became available and Apple pushed out its most current version, iOS 8.0.2, on September 25.


Besides the iOS 8.1 update, Apple is expected to unveil a new line of iPads -- the iPad Air 2 and the iPad mini 3 -- on Thursday. At another event last month, Apple debuted two larger iPhones and gave users a glimpse of its first wearable, the Apple Watch.


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