People on iPhones in offices throughout the world frantically repeated the process of heading to "General" in their device settings, and clicking "Software Update" until someone excitedly shouts out “It’s downloading” only to admit sheepishly a few minutes later that they have run into problems.
Once you have made a little room for the impending download and the mad rush starts to fade, it will become your turn to see what’s going on under-the-hood. The release of an Apple operating system is turning into a social event of sorts where fans scour forums looking for little useful changes that can make them a little more productive or even a good old-fashioned smart ass.
The size of the upgrade prevented some eager fans from getting a piece of the action forcing them to take drastic measures that flirted with the law of unknown consequences.
What’s actually in it for me? You could be forgiven for thinking, so let's take a look at some of the new features that could save you time, energy and considerable embarrassment over the next few weeks.
Although, we are all led to believe the update is full of shiny new features that will revolutionise our life, the truth is that all smartphone users are united by one common enemy, and that’s managing their battery consumption.
Power conscious users might appreciate the new widget from the Notification Centre that will show the remaining charge of your iPhone or connected Apple Watch. This can be accessed by scrolling to the bottom of the Today pane and simply tap edit to add the feature. If you navigate to Settings > Battery>Battery Usage you will also find interesting data on exactly what apps are draining your juice on a Thursday afternoon.
There is also new handy feature in the Calendar app for those that attend a large volume of meetings or appointments in various locations. When creating a new appointment, you can scroll to “Travel Time” which will send a notification with the estimated travel time to the location of your next appointment so you will know exactly what time to leave.
Meanwhile the unsung hero of apps known as Notes now offers check-lists and sketching tools to give your personal productivity a little boost. The revamp gives this app added value and feels slightly reminiscent of the popular Evernote application.
As News Stand takes a bow and exits stage left, a shiny new pretender called Apple News steps into the spotlight to offer an all you can eat news service.The only problem is the feature is only available in a handful of countries and most people are quite happy with apps like Flipboard anyway which will leave many thinking this offering is too little and too late.
Apple Wallet has been carried away by moths into the sky and officially replaced by Apple Pay with options to store more cards and extra membership ship options. More and more people are slowly embracing the idea of paying for items with their phone as the concept stops feeling weird and becomes the norm.
Now that we store our whole lives in a smartphone, we all need to start taking our security a little more seriously. A device with no security pin could end up a very costly mistake when you leave it in the back of your last Uber ride, but Apple are now taking security a step further.
When you now try to change your unlock pin on an Apple device, it will insist that you change to a 6 digit pin rather than the 4 digits users are used to. Why? A humble 4 digit pin represents 10,000 possible permutations and with the right software can be hacked in only 18 minutes. However a 6 digit pin has one million. Throw in a fingerprint option too and you are one of the few understand you are better safe than sorry when it comes to online security.
Have you ever handed your phone to someone to to show them a holiday photo, cute baby pics or funny internet meme, only to look on nervously as they start scrolling through your pics? This embarrassing first world problem can now be avoided and you can actually hide multiple photos from your camera role within a few taps.
Android users will be quick to point out they have enjoyed similar features for some time now, but these tales of one-upmanship are never going to help a situation, so it might be worth remembering that it might be nice to be important, but its more important to be nice before securing any bragging rights.
These are just a few handy items that I have found useful after the latest software upgrade, but I am really interested in what you all like and what you don’t. Please share your thoughts and tips below to help myself and others get the most out from iOS 9.
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