Brilliant iOS 8 Concept for Interactive Notifications [Video]

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Posted December 30, 2013 at 9:02am by Shalom Levytam

Sam Beckett has posted a new video to showcase his concept for Interactive Notifications in iOS 8.

A brilliantly executed and much needed feature, Interactive Notifications introduces action buttons for notification banners.

Currently, iOS 7 displays notifications as a static banner at the top of the screen. While useful as a reference, the user is unable to action the notification and respond in any way. Beckett's concept provides a simple solution for users wanted to reply to a message or email without leaving the app they are currently in.

Take a look at the video below and please follow iClarified on Twitter, Facebook, or RSS for more news, videos, and tutorials.

You may also want to check out Beckett's concept that details how an Apple television might work.

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Tyrell - January 22, 2014 at 5:44pm

This has been a huge oversight! It's been available for the iphone for years via jailbroken apps such as bitesms. In fact, it's one of the best reasons to jailbreak.

Tamesyia - January 11, 2014 at 6:21am

I think that if you really want people to start buying even more iPhones you should come out with the password for messages and pictures or at least a app. When I think oh iPhones I think of privacy, so that would be a nice feature to add also. ((:

JustSomeGuy - January 3, 2014 at 2:40am

Very nice addition!!

Trucker68 - December 31, 2013 at 5:49pm

Why don't you JB lovers all come together and create a list of JB apps that full potential and submit to Apple. Like this one. I do like this concept.

gamerscul9870 - December 31, 2013 at 6:03pm

Or update iOS 7. Apple said this was the biggest change to iOS. What would be new yet better people haven't got before on other os. Android got this notification feature. There has to be a better idea.

henreeG - December 31, 2013 at 3:53am

Cool! Android 4.2 is being featured. oh... wait...

gamerscul9870 - December 31, 2013 at 3:54am

Does it even say android or has anything to do with it?

Matoplays - December 31, 2013 at 12:57am

Short video :-( I wish it had more features requests.

Dommm - December 30, 2013 at 11:11pm

Why not iOS 7.1

skylander - December 30, 2013 at 8:38pm

This is a good function and have been in some JB sms app. I think a lot of those features in JB app are quite good. Apple should consider implementing similar feature in next gen of OS. Control Center is a good start but it can be better and more customizable.

gamerscul9870 - December 30, 2013 at 10:43pm

Yes, like my idea, we move iOS 6 icons siri control center etc. to iOS 7 so people can customize it old and new all they want.

Carsten - December 30, 2013 at 6:22pm

But I must add that most concept videos wich had ideas from the JB community have been implemented in later iOS releases, so maybe Apple will pick this up as well

Carsten - December 30, 2013 at 6:18pm

Yup! That's BitESMS. What a really fresh and in innovative idea ;-)

Zack Simpson - December 30, 2013 at 5:45pm

I really like this! Apps that support these interactive notifications can have its own window when opened. For example, imagine that someone comments on your photo on Instagram. Tap the notification, and it opens up a window (similar to the one in the video), and it displays the photo and the comment. Once you reply to the comment, the window will close, and you will have never left the app you were initially in. Brilliant!

Jss - December 30, 2013 at 4:47pm

Finally a decent concept

gamerscul9870 - December 30, 2013 at 2:19pm

Who cares what we need that will be the only way every iOS user will be on iOS 7 is that we move iOS 6 icons siri control center etc. to iOS 7 so people can customize it old and new all they want. Been planning this for months but no one replied to me on how to rumor it...

Notnow - December 30, 2013 at 1:37pm

Not that is innovation worthy of forcing customers to download nearly a 1 gig OS update.

Ravi - December 30, 2013 at 11:27am

This is nothing new, Android had this since the Android 2.1.0, You dont need a Major IOS 8 to ad that.. haha

cats - December 30, 2013 at 5:00pm

OP has a point. I can already quickly reply to a message similarly to biteSMS on my Nexus 5, and any phone that runs cyanogenmod 9 or above. This feature has been available for years in Android. I use both iOS and Android devices, and notifications have been better in Android for a long time. The concept presented by Sam is absolutely not a unique idea.

jonnikuest - December 30, 2013 at 5:25pm

you miss the point of the replier though. cyanogenmod is not android OS. its cyanogenmod. Can you do this without rooting your android phone? if so then kudos. if not then this will be nice. similar to saying the quickreply and bite sms have been on iPhone since iOS 3 or 4. But only if you jailbreak.....

Guest - January 1, 2014 at 2:06pm

I just recently sold my nexus4 and it runs stock android 4.4 kitkat, and I NEVER could do this. For those of you saying android could do this are probably using a skinned version based on the phone you have...either a feature htc or samsung put in...it's not in stock android, whenever I got a text I still had to leave what I was doing to reply to it on my nexus 4...not trying to start anything just saying.

BernardoPhoenix - December 30, 2013 at 10:07am

That's BiteSMS! Been using it for awhile...nothing new.

Yakir - December 30, 2013 at 9:46am

its already in the 10.9 over the mac so i don't understand why apple didn't put it in iOS 7 where its more important to have.

Mie - December 30, 2013 at 9:21am

If any tweak for iMessage/whatsapps/line/wechat & etc can doing that... For sure it become hot cake...

ipadguy - December 30, 2013 at 9:06am

That's an easy fix with a jailbreak tweak