Includes everything in iOS 9.3, Apple's next iPhone and iPad update
Update: This iOS 9 update page has been revised to
warn about the 1970 iPhone date glitch, and to detail iOS 9.3 beta 3 news regarding Night Shift mode and Verizon Wi-Fi
calling.
iOS 9 launched back in
September of last year and it's a lot better than iOS 8, thanks to new features that make the iPhone and iPad software
easier to use.
Siri is smarter, Apple Maps has been improved
and the notifications drop-down menu is now sorted logically. Best of all,
every device that works with iOS 8 works with iOS 9. Since launch it's improved
even further too, with the rollout of iOS 9.1.2, the current stable version of
the software.
iPads benefit big from
this current operating system update. New iPad multitasking functionality, especially for the iPad Air 2, finally fulfills the tablet's promise of productivity on the
go.
While iOS 9 and even iOS 9.3 beta 3 lack some key Android
features, there's a lot to like about it, now that new hardware is available in
the form of iPhone 6S,iPhone 6S Plus and iPad Pro.
iOS 9.3 update
iOS 9.3 is Apple's
first major update with brand new features to highlight. While iOS 9.1 added
new emojis, iOS 9.2 tweaked Apple Music and Apple News and iOS 9.2.1 just fixed
bugs. But iOS beta actually bring new functionality.
Specifically, the
preview software debuts Night Shift, which automatically tints your iPhone and
iPad with warmer colors. Bright blue light can keep you up at night, studies
have shown.
Night Shift uses the
time and geolocation to determine the sunset and the display returns to normal
in the morning. It's a feature we've seen from third-party apps like f.lux on
Mac, but a first directly from Apple.
Educators wielding
iPads can dive into a new classroom app and multi-student login. Passing an
iPad around the class can let students save their work to individual profiles
and pick up where they left off.
