Apple's 12 Best iOS 8 Features and Upgrades

You're acing it in Plants vs Zombies 2. Your peashooters are firing crazy streams of frozen peas, your melon-pults are working in overdrive, and the Zomboss is getting its butt kicked. Then you get a text message, which you tap on and-boom-you're out of the game and in the Messages app. Harsh! With iOS 8, that all changes. You will be able to reply to an SMS, Like a Facebook comment, or deal with calendar alert right from the Notification Center. It also works on the Lock Screen.

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You're acing it in Plants vs Zombies 2. Your peashooters are firing crazy streams of frozen peas, your melon-pults are working in overdrive, and the Zomboss is getting its butt kicked. Then you get a text message, which you tap on and-boom-you're out of the game and in the Messages app. Harsh! With iOS 8, that all changes. You will be able to reply to an SMS, Like a Facebook comment, or deal with calendar alert right from the Notification Center. It also works on the Lock Screen.

Photo: Apple