IOS 9 is available and these are their new features – Trade

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After months of testing, is now available IOS 9 , the latest version of the operating system Apple for mobile devices. These are the new features of the platform.

It should be clear that IOS 9 is an improvement of the changes made in 8 and 7, and promises better performance. This is seen particularly in the battery, which Apple can deliver up to an hour of battery life.

How do you do? This in due to a new low power mode (as featured on recent Samsung Galaxy), which reduces the amount of background tasks and lower the screen brightness.

Another important iOS 9 is the improvement that makes storage management, especially when downloading updates. For example, downloading the update requires 1.3 GB of space; a significant decrease compared with 4.58 GB of ios 8.

Applications

The new version of the platform also It makes some changes in Apple applications and introduces new ones. For example, in the United States the “News” application, a new aggregator of content, and application Passbook will be renamed “Wallet”, gathering data apple pay will be added.

app “Notes” released new features, allowing him to add drawings and different formats to stored documents, bringing it closer to the experience of apps like Evernote.

In other changes, “Maps” is will become more intelligent, providing data transport, but only in some countries at the beginning, and “iCloud Drive” application, which will act similarly to Dropbox and Google Drive but based storage system in the cloud of Apple will add .

Siri

The digital assistant Apple also adds new capabilities. You can now receive more commands and improved recognition of voice commands. For example, you may be asked to show the pictures of a particular period or to take certain actions on apps like “Mail” and “Notes”.

Another important detail is that Siri will have its own section of information in the style of Google Now. Now, slide the home screen to the right, where Siri display sports scores, weather information, and suggest some apps based on the common use of the user. Searches and applications may also be contained in them.

The iPad becomes more useful

One of the most publicized changes by Apple are the new capabilities multitasking to the iPad, which allow you to use two applications on the screen at the same time.

The iPad Air 2 will be the most benefited, since you can run two applications simultaneously, dividing the display space between them. Previous versions of the tablet will have a quick view function that allows open a “tab” with another app from the right side of the screen.

In addition, all iPads will add the role of “picture in picture “for videos, featuring a floating window video playback while other programs are used.

9 supports iOS devices iPhone 4S on, iPad 2 and iPod Touch onwards fifth and sixth generations. The download is available from the “Software Update” section in the “General” of the menu “Settings”.