SAN FRANCISCO — Signaling the direction of the company as it looks to jumpstart growth in the post Steve Jobs era, Apple on Monday unveiled a slew of new features for the software that powers its iconic devices such as the iPhone, iPad and Mac computers on Monday.
The features increasingly bring together the Apple ecosystem, so features on the iPhone work on other devices and vice versa.
The company released new mobile software called iOS 8 at its annual developers conference in San Francisco. It also took aim at competitors by debuting new products such as iCloud Drive and an updated version of its Mac operating system dubbed Yosemite.
Here's a look what's new in both:
iOS 8:
— Health. Building on the popularity of stand-alone health products like the Fitbit and Jawbone, Apple will unveil a new app, Healthkit, to bring all the various health activities into one place. Apple is working with hospitals and doctors as well, to sync your health information directly to health providers, who can read the data and bring you in.
— Family Sharing: A new tool to share privately among family members — photos, calendars and other information — will be a key feature in iOS 8. Additionally, parents will get notifications when their kids want to buy new apps, and will need their approval before the sale can go through.
— Messages: When creating text messages, users can also create audio messages on the fly.
— Keyboard: In a move to catch up to Google, Apple is adding predictive text to suggest words you might want to use as you're typing.
— Siri: The digital personal assistant gets upgraded — it can now be used to access songs with the Shazam song search and to purchase songs on iTunes.
OS X Yosemite:
Apple is looking to one of the world's premiere national parks for its latest operating system upgrade, Yosemite.
The OS, which will be available for free in the fall, will see several key improvements.
— Spotlight sear! ch. The internal search now expands beyond what's on your computer to also include the web, with tabs for Wikipedia, Yelp and Microsoft's Bing search.
— Phone calls. Folks who own iPhones will see caller ID show up on Mac computers when the phone rings. You can now answer iPhone calls on the Mac, or place calls on the computer by clicking the phone number on the Safari browser.
— Bigger attachments for mail. The new attachment limit is 5 GB.
— iCloud drive. A new folder on Apple computers will include iCloud drive, for saving files into the cloud, accessible via multiple computers and Apple mobile devices.
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Contributing: Jessica Guynn
Apple CEO Tim Cook takes the stage for the keynote address at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. (Photo: Ed Baig, USA TODAY) Fullscreen 
Apple CEO Tim Cook unveils iOS 8 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday. "This is a giant release," he said. (Photo: Jeff Chiu, AP) Fullscreen 
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference event in San Francisco on Monday. (Photo: Jeff Chiu, AP) Fullscreen 
Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi confirms HealthKit, a single place for fitness applications to contribute "a composite profile of your health." (Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images) Fullscreen 
Federighi demonstrates new photo editing features in iOS8. Light adjustments are completed by simply swiping left to right with your finger. All changes are updated and stored in iCloud, changing immediately on multiple devices. (Photo: Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY) Fullscreen 
Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering, introduces Apple's Yosemite operating system during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday. (Photo: Jeff Chiu, AP) Fullscreen 
Craig Federighi says OS X Yosemite will add a Caller ID and allow users to use their computer as a speaker phone. Users can even make calls from their Macs. (Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images) Fullscreen 
Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at the Moscone West center on Monday in San Francisco. (Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images) Fullscreen 
Journalists and developers wait for the keynote address Monday at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. (Photo: Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY) Fullscreen 
Developers, journalists and analysts make their way in to the keynote address area at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday. (Photo: Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY) Fullscreen 
A Ferrari FF at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference Monday in San Francisco showcases Apple's Car Play information system. (Photo: Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY) Fullscreen 
Registration at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference Monday at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. (Photo: Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY) Fullscreen 
Outside the Moscone Center in San Francisco on Monday. (Photo: Ed Baig, USA TODAY) Fullscreen 
Outside of the Moscone Center in San Francisco welcomes guests to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. (Photo: Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY) Fullscreen Like this topic? You may also like these photo galleries:Replay
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