ReutersApple’s big new software updates for iPhones and iPads is coming Wednesday. As noted by designer Dustin Westphal in a Touch Arcade article, Apple’s App Programming Guide for the new tvOS specifically claims that “Your game must support the Apple TV remote”. Luckily, the stability and battery improvements make up for it. You can access it by swiping to the left of the home screen in iOS 9.
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The release has major impactions for businesses, especially as more iOS devices make their way into enterprise network environments through BYOD policies and as Apple seeks to secure more of the enterprise market with its IBM partnership and the new iPad Pro. There’s a new power saving mode that Apple says can add up to three hours of extra battery life to your iPhone.
If you manage to cut through the rush and download the new operating system then you’ve got to make sure you’ve got more than 50 per cent charge on your device for iOS 9 to install. IBM has praised the move, even if it believes IT departments must balance the security benefits with the ease of use that has made the iPhone so popular as many people are used to remembering just a four digit code. Tap the Share button in the top right corner, and then select the app you’d like to export the file to.
There is no doubt that each one of you now is very curious of the time when the iOS 9 will be released. If you have an iPad Air 2, you can view more than one app at a time without having to exit one app and switch to another. It will also suggest news for you. If you’re in a FaceTime call or watching a video on an Apple video app, tap the home button and the video will shrink into a smaller floating window. The 87 percent figure includes all the iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches that visited Apple’s App Store on Monday, September 14. Not every feature will work with older models, so you might consider a new phone instead.
Apple has upgraded a number of its standard applications and Siri in iOS 9.
And one reason why you shouldn’t upgrade…
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At the moment, the feature is a pale imitation of Google Now. You can find that information just by typing it in the Search bar or asking Siri. There are more formatting options and drawing and photo tools. It has come a long way from its troubled launch in 2012, though I find it still regularly lags behind Google in accuracy. That means there’s huge upgrade potential for Apple, as all devices running iOS 8 right now are eligible for the iOS 9 update. It gives the company time to iron out any early bugs. New devices will ship with the updates already installed. Notes is now more like Microsoft OneNote or Evernote, with to-do-list, photos and attachment support, while the Calendar app can now offer travel estimates for appointments.
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Several readers have already asked about downgrading from the iOS 9.1 public beta to today’s iOS 9.0 release, and while it’s possible it does come at a cost: potentially losing some important data.
