Apple 's iOS 8 will bring big changes for how iPhone users send and receive messages . If your contacts choose to share them , their locations will pop up in group-messaging threads . The new operating system is expected to be released in the fall of 2015, but it has been delayed several times since its initial release date last year because of bugs that were discovered during testing. Audio and video messages within iOS 8 will automatically vanish within a few minutes . Group messaging threads will feature a `` Do Not Disturb '' function .
Apple 's iOS 8 will bring big changes for how iPhone users send and receive messages . The new operating system is expected to be released in the fall of 2015, but it has been delayed several times since its initial release date last year because of bugs that were discovered during testing. Audio and video messages within iOS 8 will automatically vanish within a few minutes . Group messaging threads will feature a `` Do Not Disturb '' function .