What's new in iOS 8: Messages

Apple has announced the numerous improvements coming to iOS 8: Messages . Today we're giving you the opportunity to learn about what's new.

Audio Messages: The Messages app in iOS 8 now lets you quickly send audio messages to all your contacts. Simply press and hold the microphone icon to the right of the text input field to start recording. After recording, swipe left to cancel the voice message or swipe to send it.

Location Sharing: A new and very attractive feature that lets you share your location during a conversation. You can choose to share it for one hour, until the end of the day, or indefinitely. To do this, simply tap the button in the upper right corner of the conversation.

Group Messaging: With iOS 8, Apple has made significant improvements to group messaging. One of these improvements allows you to add and remove participants whenever you want. Additionally, and very importantly, you can now set up one-on-one conversations in "Do Not Disturb" mode.

Quickly send photos and videos: Simply tap the camera icon to the left of the text input field to reveal a new media selector. Your recent photos are displayed to the right, at the time of the action. Now you can select multiple photos to send at once.

These are some of the new features. Update your iOS and enjoy.