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iOS 9 - Apple Presents The Future

The American technology giant Apple recently announced its new iOS at the WWDC 2015, the iOS 9. This OS is being seen as a forward step by the company and aims to change how we look at the iOS platform.

iOS 9 – What to Expect?

Here are a list of the improvements that you can expect with iOS 9.

1. Better Performance

iOS 9 brings performance enhancements, new design and features and improved functionality. The Siri has got smarter and brilliant. This time the company laid its focus to enhance the intelligence of the device and so some in-built apps like the Notes and the Passbook are improved.

2. Multitasking

The iPad has got an additional split screen multitasking with this update which is going to a appreciated by the users. Also the keyboard has been modified with the 2-finger swipe function to offer an editing toolbar that lets you cut, copy and move text with easy.

The much talked about feature the ‘Proactive suggestions’ is considered as a lifestyle management tools and the Siri has got many amended to become a companion for the users.

3. Better Siri

The genius Siri. This digital companion gets smarter and life like. It work similar to the Google Now. The program is smart enough to learn from the users, their behavior, the trend and routine. It is also expected to understand your preferences for music and likes and act accordingly. The Siri suggestions is expected to keep record of the recent and frequent activities of the user like if you use certain apps or visit certain places frequently on someday or that time of the day, Siri would recognize the pattern and would show notifications accordingly as suggestions during that time.

4. Interesting News

The News is an addition to the Apple’s App family and is designed to show the offer updates of the world on demand. The interface is quite Apple and is definitely a loveable piece of work. The app is available with different sections to read from and stories from a variety of sources would be provided in the app.

5. Integrated Maps

Did you complain about the futility of using Apple Maps – with it showing wrong directions? Apple wants all of that to be a thing of the past. Apple Maps have been updated to give transit directions, which earlier required a third party app to do so. The transit view would offer the routes and transit lines to the user to choose from but this would be available for certain cities and areas only. The ‘Nearby’ option would suggest stores and sites as per the selected category and display the route to the location.

6. Improved Mail Function

The Mail comes with the add attachments options, so now you can attach file from the iCloud or Dropbox. Now the mail just got more handy and easy. This would not only save time but also help keep the files all at one place and easy to access.

7. CarPlay Goes Wireless

The CarPlay has changed too. Now say bye-bye to the cable when you can do everything wireless. yes, the CarPlay has got wireless. Now you could connect your device to the vehicle using Bluetooth. This would a big change in the iOS car app development and this is expected to get a lot of likes.

8. Better Battery Life

The company says that the battery life is expected to increase by 3 hours and also the memory footprint of the iOS would be reduced to 1/3rd of its size. The app bundles are reduced in size which would not only save space but also can be downloaded quickly. The iOS 9 is as small as 1.8 GB as compared to the 4.6 GB iOS 8. Now that’s called an improvement.

9. The New Force Touch Technology

The Force Touch technology is a new touch technology that would detect the intensity of the touch and how hard is the screen pressed.

10. Other Improvements

The ApplePay and The Passbook merges to form the Wallet. Name itself suggest what it is going to be. The wallet would let ApplePay to use brand-specific cards at the outlets with easy and hassle free.

Are you looking to try your hands on the iOS 9 before anyone else? This beta version is out, with all these exciting features which are not just a surprise but these enlighten a completely different path that is going to take this technical enterprise into a different dimension. This OS is completely different from its predecessors and while Android fans might argue that many of the features are what Android has had for years, it shows Apple’s willingness to take on the Android giant in a newer way.

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