As discovered by 9to5Mac, it looks as though widgets are being moved from the Notification Centre «Today» view and instead taking up residence in
the Spotlight search screen.
The Spotlight search screen will disappear, and the main app will return.
Not exact matches
You can also place your finger on the home
screen, in between your apps, pull down and access
Spotlight search.
You'll find the
Spotlight search interface to the left of the primary home
screen.
To access the
Spotlight search interface, go to your iPhone or iPad's home
screen and swipe to the right.
To record your iPhone's
screen, plug it into your Mac and press Command + Space to open
Spotlight search.
These options affect the
Spotlight search feature that appears when you swipe down on your iPhone or iPad's home
screen.
These options affect the
Spotlight search feature that appears when you press Command + Space or click the
search icon near the right side of the menu bar on the top of your
screen.
From your home
screen, place your finger somewhere in the middle of the grid of icons and swipe down to open the
Spotlight search feature.
Spotlight is your
searching buddy on iOS, just as it is on macOS, and you can find it on the newest versions of iOS with a swipe down on the middle of the home
screen - just start typing out some
search terms to see results appear on the display.
The keyboard also provides physical key options for
Spotlight search, music playback, and
screen brightness as well.
-- Adds iCloud Keychain to keep track of your account names, passwords, and credit card numbers across all your approved devices — Adds Password Generator so Safari can suggest unique, hard - to - guess passwords for your online accounts — Updates lock
screen to delay display of «slide to unlock» when Touch ID is in use — Adds back the ability to
search the web and Wikipedia from
Spotlight search — Fixes an issue where iMessage failed to send for some users — Fixes a bug that could prevent iMessage from activating — Improves system stability when using iWork apps — Fixes an accelerometer calibration issue — Addresses an issue that could cause Siri and VoiceOver to use a lower quality voice — Fixes a bug that could allow someone to bypass the Lock
screen passcode — Enhances the Reduce Motion setting to minimize both motion and animation — Fixes an issue that could cause VoiceOver input to be too sensitive — Updates the Bold Text setting to also change dial pad text — Fixes an issue that could cause supervised devices to become un-supervised when updating software
Use
Spotlight to
search by clicking on the upper right corner of your
screen then typing a word or a phrase.
From here, activate
Spotlight search by swiping down on your
screen quickly.
Double tapping the home button provides instant access to your favorite contacts, and swiping down on the display while on the home
screen launches the excellent
Spotlight search feature for finding apps.
iOS's
Spotlight search feature, accessible by swiping down on the home
screen, has also gotten souped up in iOS 8.
Flipping between pages on the home
screen is smooth, and I really like the speed at which
Spotlight search can find almost anything I want.
Using that same thumb to swipe downward anywhere on the home
screen brings you into
Spotlight Search, essentially a direct port of Palm's old Universal
Search from webOS: type a query, and the iPhone
searches the entire device, as well as Wikipedia and the broader web, to find a match.
The keyboard also has a few iPad - specific keys, however: The escape button has been replaced with a shortcut to the Home
screen; there's a button that sends you to the
Spotlight screen for
searching; a Lock button to instantly send your iPad to sleep; and my own personal favorite, a keyboard - switcher.