What useful features am I loosing keeping the good old IOS 6.13 on iPad 2?

Guys, I'm quite confused to keep the good old 6.13 IOS for my iPad 2 or upgrade to 8.1?
What I know;
IOS 6.13;
-looks better, faster, maybe gives longer battery life
IOS 8.1;
-new features, but what? I heard airdrop not even working on iPad 2.
My second device is iPhone 6 with IOS 8.1. Are they doing something better together if both of them are on 8.1?

Thanks for the input.

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