The moment iPhone fans have been waiting for is here: Apple has unveiled iOS 9.
Apple says that its main goals with iOS 9 are to add intelligence to
enhance how you use your device without compromising privacy while
enhancing the apps you use most. First, for iOS 9 Siri has a new user
interface and is able to respond to a more diverse array of commands.
Apple is making Siri more proactive by making it easier to set
reminders, to offer suggestions for people who you might want to contact
based on upcoming meetings as well as one-tap location suggestions.
Overall
Siri is much more context aware than it’s been before. So for instance,
if Siri detects that you’re at your local gym and you plug in your
headphones, it can automatically bring up music you like to exercise to.
Apple has also added a native API for search so that you can cull data
from your favorite apps. So if you do a search for recipes for potatoes,
for instance, it will give you links offered by apps such as Yumly to
offer you suggests. In this way, Apple has brought Siri forward in a big
way to make it a legitimate competitor to Google Now, although Apple
emphasizes that all of this data analysis is done on device and is not
shared with third parties.
Apple
is also bringing some enhancements to Notes in iOS 9. Among other
things, Notes will make it easier to make checklists, to put photos
directly into your notes, and to draw sketches with your hands right
inside your notes. Using ShareSheet you can also add links right into
your notes with just one tap for the first time.
When
it comes to Apple Maps, Apple says that it’s now adding public transit
data that will deliver information about buses and subways near you.
Apple has also improved searching locations in Maps and has added a
feature that will let you know if merchants in your area support Apple
Pay.
iOS
9 will also bring a new app called News that will essentially be
Apple’s answer to Flipboard that Apple says offers “the best online
reading experience.” The app essentially replaces Newstand and is
similar to what Facebook is trying to accomplish in its partnerships
with publishers. News will start rolling out in the U.S., U.K. and
Australia before coming to other countries.
iOS
9 is delivering some key features to the iPad as well. Among other
things, iOS 9 has added a feature that will let you create impromptu
track pads on the iPad by placing two fingers down on the touch display
at once. As expected, iOS 9 will add multitasking for the iPad with a
new task switcher feature that can be accessed by double-tapping the
home button.
You
can easily create split screens of two different apps on the iPad with
iOS 9 to have two apps working side-by-side. So for example, you’ll be
able to have your browser and Apple Maps open at the same time so you
won’t have to minimize one app to access the other. It’s also easy to
shrink and expand windows so they take up as much or as little of the
display as you want.
iOS
9 will also be just 1.3GB when you install it, which will make it much
lighter than some of the massive iOS 8 updates users had to deal with.
The first iOS 9 beta will release to developers later today.
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