As expected, Ars Technica presents their usual deep analysis of iOS 8:

 iOS 7 and iOS 8 feel like two halves of the same update, two equally necessary steps in the journey from Old iOS to Modern iOS. iOS 7 was a facelift, a new release that added some nice user- and developer- facing features but was overwhelmingly focused on changing the way existing parts of the system looked. iOS 8 freshens up the underpinnings of the operating system, opening an unprecedented number of things up to third parties without sacrificing the things that define iOS. iOS 7 was transformative on an aesthetic level; iOS 8 is transformative on a functional level.

There are not many companies who can sustain this amount of software innovation at the annual pace that Apple does. It’s seriously amazing and, for me, the best part of why I continue to be a Apple customer. There isn’t a company out there that provides as much continued support as Apple does.