Apple iOS 8 vs. iOS 7: A Visual Tour of the Biggest Updates — wired.com

As in iOS 7, you still summon Spotlight by swiping down on the Home screen. But the iOS 8 version of Spotlight is more open-ended and powerful. What used to be a tool to just search your phone can now show results from the web, local movie listings, and apps in the App Store. Look for a similarly expanded Spotlight tool in the upcoming OS X Yosemite. The approach toward notification handling in iOS 8 is much more immediate. When you get a notification like an incoming text or tweet, instead of having to unlock the device and open the proper app (as you did in iOS 7), now you can just respond or interact with that notification directly from the lock screen. Reply to texts and Facebook messages, fave Tweets, what have you.

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