iOS 9 Review

Let’s see what’s new on the IOS 9, Firstly I will like to remind that Apple has launched its new iOS 9 mobile operating system at September 16 2015. So, it’s obvious to think us that there must be some changes and upgrade feature include on this new ios 9, same as past ios update. From here now we are going to talk on some of its latest upgrade, it’s plus and minus points, and so on in short.

Starting from its good and bad features in short look.

Good plus points: For IPad Multitasking, Small Download Size, Siri Is More Helpful, Improved Keyboard, and Low Power Mode.

Bad Minus Point: Split View Limited to iPad Air 2, Apple Maps Is Still Flawed, Siri Only Opens Default Apps, and Can’t Delete Certain Apps.

           Now moving on to the next its compatibility with its different version device. Let see some of them, iPhone 4s, iPad 2, original iPad mini and the fifth generation iPod touch, and all of the devices that followed them. And you can download it through your iPhone setting, through iTunes. Over all it may be good for every iPhone device but most of all it’s great for those who have their iPad Air 2, iPad Mini 4 and upcoming iPad with ios 9. Its multitasking powers transforms those tablets into real office device, which allow user to run soft side by side at a time, you can say split view and watch videos or chat on face time without dropping any function. And also it has improved on its screen quality than before.

Beside that there’s better feature of its let see glimpse of it...

1.  Multitasking for iPad

If we think than it’s the great feature that’s been inserted in this new ios 9 for iPad users. Due this feature it’s give user as office devices feeling, which may help enterprises to level up their sale this time.

Slide Out opens a second app from the left, working a lot like the drag-from-the-bottom Command Center gesture, and gives it about a third of the screen. That's been enough space to check my email while already surfing the web, or to respond to iMessages while in the middle of writing a certain iOS 9 review in a Google Doc.

While the main portion of the iPad screen can consist of any app, the one-third panel is limited to Apple's app suite of 19 apps. I get it. It's clearly because the apps here are tweaked ever so slightly to fit the abnormal layout, but it's still disappointing.

I should also note that while Mail, Reminders, Notes and Photos are useful in this Slide Out view, it's hard to understand why Apple's 19 multitasking apps includes Tips and Feedback. (Actually, scratch that, I may use that last one right now.)

Picture-in-Picture is another multitasking mode, one that's focused on continuing to allow you to play videos and stream Face Time calls while still using the tablet.

It puts the video in the corner of the home screen as soon as you hit the home button, and the small window can be resized and dragged around while you work in other apps. This works fine for all videos playing in Safari, just don't expect it to work in the native YouTube app.

Split View is the closest thing there is to computer-grade multitasking on a tablet running iOS 9, and it's only available on the iPad Air 2. It converts the small Slide Out panel into two apps running side by side with equal space. Both are active, with full multi-touch support.

All three multitasking modes give iPad a much-needed productivity boost and they right the wrongs of Apple's "multitasking" iOS 4 announcement, which ended up being apps kind-of, sort-of running in the background.

All of this is limited to the iPad. As much as you may want on a phone in exchange for lugging around that 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus, there's no such multitasking in the iOS 9 update for Apple's Tablet. Maybe when the iPhone 6S Plus launches.

New keyboard

The iPad takes the lead here, too, but there are still important changes that makes the iPhone's Quick Type keyboard even better in iOS 9.

First, it's easier to tell the difference between capital letters and non-capital letters, thanks to the new San Francisco font type. I no longer have to look at the shift key to try to determine whether it's on or off.

Second, Apple turned off the pop up animation for every key press. You can still turn it on in the settings menu by following Settings> General > Keyboards and checking off "Character Preview." However, I found it much less of a distraction without it on.

iPad gets the most out of the keyboard changes with new shortcuts that flank the suggestion word bar at the top. They depend on the app, but I found cut, copy and paste almost always appear on the left, and sometimes undo and redo, too. Bold, italics, underline and attachment shortcuts hog the right side of the bar and are sometimes join by up and down arrows.

Previously, this was unused space, and now it's put to good use. I really wanted iOS 9 to add right and left arrow keys in this space, but Apple went in another direction. It made the entire keyboard a track pad whenever two fingers touch down on the display.

It turns off the keyboard and lets you move the cursor all around without your finger having to be over top of it (read: in the way of it). This works especially well when trying to highlight text right before hitting that copy and paste shortcut.

Notes

Notes has never been the most compelling app, but Apple's iOS 9 update makes it less of an Ever note-afterthought with a few new tricks.

Notes now includes photos and sketches

I was able to add checklist icons for a quick and simple to-do list and include photos thanks to a new attachment icon in the shortcut bar. Maps and URLs can be included, too, but the need for these two tools isn't as pressing in such a "jot something down" app.

Right next to the little camera attachment icon is a squiggly line, which of course means I could draw a sketch by using my finger. It's complete with different pen sizes and colors.

IOS 9's enhanced Notes app isn't enough to drop my subscription to the more feature-packed and easily searchable Ever note, but it's an important step forward for Apple's ecosystem loyalists.

2.  IOS 9 compatibility and download size

IOS 9 isn't about a fresh coat of paint like iOS 7 was, it's about rust-proofing glitch software that launched alongside iOS 8 last year. Everything is designed to run smoother, and it does.

There are fewer app crashes and hard restarts required compared to when iOS 8 first came out. I've experienced no white screen of death problems so far, just occasional design flaws.

Even better, iOS 9 works with devices as old as iPhone 4S and iPad 2. Apple didn't axe any old phones or tablets from its compatibility list in the transition to the new operating system.

It was also a relief to see that this free update is a 1.4GB file and doesn't require the 4.7GB free of space to install on your tiny, 16GB devices.

3.  Siri and search

The Most Obvious Ios 9 Change Involves Siri And Spotlight Search. Sliding To The Left-Most Menu Reveals A Robust List Of "Siri Suggestions," Filled With Your Most Recent Contacts And Apps.

It Provides Quick Access To Your Four Most Recent Contacts And Four Most Recent Apps. There's A "Show More" And "Show Less" Toggle To Increase That To The Eight Most Recent. Sadly, You Can't Unpin And Disallow Certain Apps From Showing Up Before Your Parents See You're On Tinder.

Apple Maps Gets Some Attention Here, Too. "Nearby" Shortcuts Are A Fast Way Of Finding Parking, Restaurants, Gas Stations And Even Desserts, Which All Link To A Yelp Review-Filled Maps Menu. In True Apple Fashion, There's No Customization Or Option To Re-Sort Which Shortcuts Come First.

IOS 9 Concludes This Siri-Run Search Menu With News Snippets From Sources Like The New York Times And CNN. Strangely, There Are Four Headlines, But If You Hit The Rather Stingy "Show More" Text, It Reveals A Total Of Five. A Glitch To Be Solved In The Future, Perhaps?

The News Presentation Here Isn't As Flashy As Samsung's Flip Board-Based Menu, Which Is Also The Leftmost Android Menu On The Samsung Galaxy S6 And Galaxy S6 Edge. Apple Saves The Magazine-Style Stories For Its New Ios 9 News App.

Holding Down The Iphone Or Ipad Home Button To Issue Normal Siri Commands Leads To Smarter Answers. I Randomly Asked "Bring Up Photos From May 28, 2015" And Siri Immediately Opened The Pictures I Took At Google IO On That Date.

I Still Find Google Now To Be More Advanced Overall, But This Same Phrase On An Android Just Leads To My Samsung Galaxy S6 Active Opening Up Random Web Results. That... Doesn't Really Help, Google. Apple Is Catching Up And Boasts That Siri Is 40% Faster And 40% More Accurate. It Shows.

4.  Apple Maps

IOS 9 Is The Company's Big Push To Improve Apple Maps, And It Does Just That... To Some Extent. Namely, This Comes Through With Long-Overdue Public Transit Directions.

Routes For Buses, Trains, Subways And Even Ferries Are Here, And I Put It To The Test On The New York City Subway While Navigating Manhattan. I Survived This Apple Maps Expedition Without Booting Up Google Maps.

Besides New York City, Transit Directions Are Available In Baltimore, Berlin, Chicago, London, Mexico City, Philadelphia, The San Francisco Bay Area, Toronto And Washington D.C. About 300 Cities In China, Including Beijing, Chengdu And Shanghai, Are Also Getting The Transit Treatment.

Does It Fix Everything? No. The Problem With Apple Maps Wasn't Just Its Lack Of Transit Directions Or Too-Often Wrong Routes, It Was The Fact That The App's Design Just Couldn't Compete With Google Maps. That's Still The Case.

Google Is Busy Adding Ridiculously Minute Details, Like Chalking Out Your Vacation Dates To The Map Overtop Of Your Hotel. Apple's Cumbersome App Won't Let You Finger Ahead To See The Next Directions. It Just Springs You Back Into Place. I Can Go From Los Angeles To London On Google Maps While In The Middle Of Turn-By-Turn Directions If I Wanted To. With Apple Maps, I Can't Look Ahead One Block.

While I Appreciate Its New Nearby Feature That Lets You Discover Stops Along The Way, Apple Maps' Foundation Is A Little Too Flawed For Me To Give Up On Google Maps Just Yet. It Doesn't Matter If Siri Insists On Opening Up Maps Whenever I Ask For Direction By Voice.

5.  Apple News

Really, you should get all of your news straight from Internet website, but if you need to learn about other events happening in the world, Apple has a News app within iOS 9. It has launched in US, UK and Australia when the final version of the operating system releases.

Apple News provides a bunch of sources and a fancy layout

It's a slick-looking news aggregator, but, truthfully, it's not the most ground-breaking app design because it does exactly what Flip board does: lays out RSS content in a magazine-style format.

It collects stories from publications and topics I favorite, then does its best to deliver a rich newsfeed I actually care about. It has two things going for it over traditional Safari browsing: it's fast and it keeps my personalized data separate from my Apple ID.

6.  Wallet

iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users have been waving their phones in front of NFC stations to pay for stuff in the US since last October, and as of July 14 they're doing it throughout the UK.

iOS 9 expands Apple Pay by adding gift and loyalty cards, therefore the app that contains it, Passbook, is being renamed Wallet. Goodbye, cumbersome QR codes that few retailers even used.

Loyalty cards aren't a part of iOS 9 today, with the first retailers like Whole Foods, Walgreens and JC Penney promising to launch Wallet-integrated app updates later this year.

Wallet is being reworked to include gift and loyalty cards in iOS 9

However, the new app icon is here and so is this handy trick: double pressing in the home button on a locked iPhone (but not an iPad) brings up the Apple Pay menu.

This is convenient because the Wallet app is so tempting to hide in a folder. There's no reason to keep it on the home screen until you really need it. But it's nice to have quick access to it the few, precise times you actually do need to pull something out of your "Wallet."

With loyalty cards launching, shortcuts like this are going to become even more important. I just wish Apple devised a way to access a flight boarding pass when my iPhone screen isn't locked.

I have to lock my always-in-use device in an airport line, then press the lock button again to wake it in order to access the lock screen notification. Apple Watch does it correctly with a shortcut that always rests in the notification dropdown right before a flight. I'm hopeful I don't have to wait for iOS 10 for something similar.

7.  Verdict

IOS 9 is already worth downloading today? The keyboard is easier to use, Siri suggestions make menu navigation faster, notifications are rightly sorted by time and, on the iPad, there's actual multitasking.

Not everything that's new is perfect or worthwhile. Apple Maps still needs a lot of design work, Apple News is a clone and the same old Apple ecosystem problems persist. You still can't delete useless pre-installed apps (and now we know why) and Siri still loves opening Safari and Maps, even if you loyal use Chrome and Gmail. Even with all of the iPad advancements, you won't find multiple accounts like you would on Android, and good luck switching to Google's operating system. Apple makes it tough to leave iMessages, as group conversations fall apart when you switch to those ugly green bubbles your