1.Create an Empty Home Screen

• In iOS 8 you can move everything off the first screen if you want. Just hold down on an app and when they start jiggling, drag them away from the first homescreen. You can make it completely blank if you'd like, or just leave a few apps in the menu bar tray at the bottom.

2.Update Keyboard Cycle• If you have downloaded a keyboard app from a third-party

provider, you can program it directly to your master keyboard settings instead of opting to use it every time by tapping the Globe icon. Instead, change your default keyboard and the order in which you cycle through your keyboards via Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards and tap Edit.

3. Email Response Notifications

• If you're expecting an important response to an email, you can set up it up to alert you when it rolls in. Visit your inbox, swipe an email to the left, select More > Notify Me to get alerts when anyone responds to the email thread.

4. Battery Usage Statistics

• Wondering what apps are really draining your iPhone's battery life? Now you can finally get to the bottom of it. Head into Settings > General > Usage > Battery Usage to view all the apps sucking up your battery.

5. Grayscale Mode

• If you're not a fan of color, iOS 8 features a new grayscale mode. To enable it, head into Settings > Accessibility and select "Grayscale." Everything in iOS will lose its color and go grayscale.

6. Hide Photos

• Don't want your mom seeing all those party photos? You can now hide them. Tap and hold on a picture and photos and you'll get an option to hide it. It'll still be visible in your albums, but won't been seen in Moments, Collections, or Years.

7. Manage Apple ID

• Not longer have to go throughiTunes or the Apple App Store to manage your Apple ID account, such as adding people to family sharing plan, add credit cards or update passwords. Now, head over to Settings > iCloud and log into your account by touching your email address highlighted at the top of the screen.

8.Multitasking With Email Drafts

• You can do this with multiple drafts, too. Double tap the minimized draft at the bottom to see all of them at once this makes them appear in a carousel view, similar to how it looks with Safari tabs in iOS 8 and proceed to open or delete them with taps and swipes.

9. Scan Credit Card Numbers

• If you don't want to mess around with typing out a credit card number when you order something online, you can now take a picture of of your credit card and iOS 8 will pull up the number. When you're presented with a credit card field in Safari, you'll also have the option to snap a picture of your credit card.

10.Medical ID

• The new Health app has a Medical ID that can be accessed via the lock screen that lets anyone access your emergency contact information in case of, well, an emergency This means anyone that needs immediate access to your health information (or who they should call) can do so even if they don't know your phone's passcode.