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Current Version: iOS 9.3.5

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iOS 9 is Apple's newest operating system for iOS devices like the iPhone and the iPad, released to the public on September 16, 2015 . iOS 9 builds on the content introduced with iOS 7 and iOS 8, bringing subtle design changes, refined features, improved functionality, and performance enhancements.

iOS 9's biggest focus is on intelligence and proactivity , allowing iOS devices to learn user habits and act on that information, opening up apps before we need them, making recommendations on places we might like, and guiding us through our daily lives to make sure we're where we need to be at the right time.

Siri is at the heart of the changes, and the personal assistant is now able to create contextual reminders and search through photos and videos in new ways. Swiping right from the home screen also brings up a new screen that houses " Siri Suggestions ," putting favorite contacts and apps right at your fingertips, along with nearby restaurant and location information and important news.

Deeper search capabilities can bring up results like sports scores, videos, and content from third-party apps, and you can even do simple conversions and calculations using the search tools on your iPhone or iPad.

Many of the built-in apps have been improved. Notes includes new checklists and sketching features , Maps now offers transit directions , Mail allows for file attachments, and there's a new "News" app that learns your interests and delivers relevant content you might like to read. Apple Pay is being improved with the addition of store credit cards and loyalty cards, leading "Passbook" to be renamed to "Wallet" in iOS 9.

The iPad's gotten some major feature additions in iOS 9, like split-screen multitasking that lets two apps be used at once and a picture-in-picture function that lets you watch a video while doing something else on the tablet. The keyboard on the iPad has deeper functionality with the addition of a new toolbar, and on both the iPhone and the iPad, there's a new two-finger swipe gesture that makes it easier to select content, cut, paste, and move the cursor on the screen.

Other changes include a new systemwide San Francisco font , wireless CarPlay support, an optional iCloud Drive app , built-in two factor authentication and optional longer passwords for better security.

Along with these features, iOS 9 features significant under-the-hood performance improvements . Battery optimizations provide an additional hour of battery use under typical conditions, and a new Low Power Mode further extends battery life up to three hours.

With app thinning and size improvements, many app install sizes are smaller and Apple's own iOS updates take up much less space, so iPhone and iPad owners with only 16GB of space are able to install iOS 9. iOS 9 also runs on all devices capable of running iOS 8, including the iPhone 4s and the iPad 2.

iOS 9 was released to the public on Wednesday, September 16, 2016. .

The current version of iOS 9 is iOS 9.3.5, released to the public on August 25, 2016. iOS 9.3.5, a security update, fixed three critical zero-day vulnerabilities that were being exploited by NSO Group, a company that sells black market software that allows iPhones to be illegally monitored.

iOS 9.3.5 comes shortly after the release of iOS 9.3.4 , another update designed to fix security issues. iOS 9.3.4 patched the exploit used for the Pangu iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak, effectively breaking it.

Apple's described iOS 9 as being more "intelligent," thanks largely to Proactive Suggestions. Proactive Suggestions, the major feature addition in iOS 9, turn the iPhone into a lifestyle management tool and make Apple's personal assistant Siri more responsive and able to complete more tasks than ever before. Proactive suggestions are systemwide and work in myriad ways, offering up apps and recommendations at appropriate times.

For example, if you often listen to music in the morning, iOS 9 can automatically open the Music app to a favorite playlist when you plug in your headphones. If you always open up the weather app to check what's going on outside, it might open it automatically after your alarm goes off.

When you head home from work in the evening, it might automatically open a map that includes traffic patterns, or it might tell you how long it will take you to get home. If you listen to a specific music app in the car, your phone might open the app as soon as it connects to the car via Bluetooth.

When composing an iMessage, email, or calendar invitation, iOS 9 suggests people you typically include, making it easier to get things done fast. If you receive an email with a flight reservation or a restaurant confirmation, iOS 9 can create a suggested calendar event. For a calendar event that includes a location, iOS 9 is able to assess traffic conditions and send a reminder when it thinks you should leave to make it on time.

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If you receive a call from an unknown number, iOS 9 searches through your email to see if the person who's calling might have emailed you, thereby identifying the caller. It's also possible to add contact information received in an email directly to the Contacts app.

Real world examples of iOS 9's Proactive Suggestions have been detailed by our forum members. iOS 9 is able to learn which apps a user prefers and when the person likes to use them, making the process of accessing favorite apps easier.

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For example, someone who watches Netflix each morning during a workout might see the Netflix app pop up at the proper time. Someone else who always plays a game after plugging in the headphones might see the game pop up as a suggestion whenever the headphones are plugged in.

Siri can do a lot more in iOS 9 with contextual awareness. If you ask Siri to "Remind me to do this" when looking at a request you've received in the Messages app, Siri can understand what you mean by "this" and will add the event. Later, when you look at the event in the Reminders app, you'll see that it also links back to the original conversation so you can see the source. Siri is also more aware of location, so a very specific reminder like "Call mom when I get in the car" works too.

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Similar contextually aware commands work with different apps, and in iOS 9, third-party apps can also build in tools letting them work with Siri in similar ways.

Siri can also perform time-based searches for photos and videos in iOS 9. For example, you can ask "Show me my photos from Utah from last August" and Siri provides the appropriate images in the Photos app. Searches can be conducted based on dates, locations, and album titles.

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There's a new search window accessible by swiping from the left to the right on the home screen. This is available in addition to the Spotlight search accessible by swiping downwards, and offers the same search window. The interface here is different though, incorporating "Siri Suggestions."

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Siri Suggestions includes a list of people you speak with often, apps you might want to use depending on the time of day, nearby venues like restaurants and gas stations, and relevant news. This section is also contextually aware and offers different content based on the time of day.

If you often open Yelp at lunchtime, it might display the Yelp app at noon. If you watch Netflix at night, it might display the Netflix app when you get home from work. At breakfast time, it might display nearby coffee places or places where breakfast is served, and if you're in the car, it might display gas stations that are close by.

Over time, iOS 9 learns more about your usage habits to create an experience that is tailored towards your needs.

Searching in iOS includes more sources in iOS 9, accessing the same resources that power Siri. You can search for sports scores and schedules, weather forecasts, and stock prices. You can even do simple calculations and conversions. A search for "15% of $25," for example, gives the correct result.

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Searching for a contact now brings up a list with a phone/message button to make contact right from the search results, and it's also possible to search within apps. When looking for a recipe, for example, you might search for "apple pie" to find apple pie recipes in a number of different cooking apps.

Search can incorporate content from third-party apps as well, and there's an option within the Search section of the Settings app that lets you choose which apps are able to show up in search results on your iOS device.

Many existing apps and services have received updates, ranging from significant to minor, and Apple's also introduced a brand new app: News. News works a lot like Flipboard or Zite , aggregating stories from a variety of sources and displaying them in a mobile optimized format.

News asks you to choose topics and sources you're interested in when you first open it and from there, it is able to learn more about your preferences to suggest new reading material for you. Apple is partnering with several content providers like The New York Times to offer content for news, and all content providers have free tools to optimize their sites for the platform. More than a million topics are available.

News includes media-optimized editorial layouts for stories accompanied by photo galleries, videos, and animations, and content can be shared to read offline.

Notes has been updated with a robust set of tools that allow users to insert Reminders-style checklists and make sketches using a set of pens and paints. There's a new Notes option in the Share Sheet, which makes it possible to save content from other apps to Notes.

For example, if you open the share sheet in Safari, you can add a URL to Notes. If you open it in Pages, you can add a full Pages documents to Notes. This works with several different apps, ranging from Maps to iTunes. For managing these attachments, there's a new attachments browser.

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You've always been able to add photos to notes, but now you can take a photo directly within the notes app. All-in-all, the updates to Notes make it better able to compete with more robust third-party note-taking platforms like Evernote. Notes also supports folders in iOS 9, for better organization.

In iOS 9, Maps includes a new Transit view and it's able to give directions that include public transportation options. For the first time since Apple Maps was introduced in 2012, it's possible to get a multi-modal route that might include walking to a train station and hopping on a train to reach your desired destination. Before transit maps were available, getting transit directions required a third-party app.

The included Transit view displays transit lines and stations on a map, letting users map out the best possible route. Siri can also deliver transit directions.

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Transit directions are only available in a select number of cities at launch, including Baltimore, Berlin, Chicago, London, Mexico City, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Toronto, Washington D.C., and several cities in China.

Maps has also gained a "Nearby" feature, displaying restaurants and stores that are close by. Whenever you search in Maps, you'll see a list of categories like Food, Drinks, Shopping, and Fun, which display venues that are located around you.

In iOS 9, there's an optional iCloud Drive app that can be installed through the iCloud section of the Settings app. The iCloud Drive app lets you see, access, and manage all of the files that you have stored within iCloud Drive, and it is a welcome feature for customers who have asked for such an app.

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In Mail, it's possible to add file attachments for the first time. When composing a message, press on the screen to bring up the options menu and select "Add Attachment." You can add files from iCloud Drive or from third-party services like Dropbox. Some file types are zipped before being added to a message, but others, like PDFs, are added directly.

Health can measure additional metrics in iOS 9, including reproductive health, a much-requested feature. Reproductive health settings monitor menstruation, basal body temperature, and more. There are also new options for monitoring hydration and UV exposure.

The major change to CarPlay in iOS 9 is wireless support. In some cars and with some systems, the iPhone is able to connect to the car without requiring a wired Lightning connection.

CarPlay in iOS 9 also includes deeper support for car control systems, so a car's knobs can be used to control CarPlay features. Apps developed by car manufacturers are available in CarPlay as well, so car features can be accessed without the need to leave the CarPlay interface.

Apple Pay is gaining support for store credit cards and loyalty cards, which has prompted Apple to change the name of Passbook to Wallet. According to the company, the new name is a reflection of its progress towards replacing the physical wallet.

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JCPenney and Kohl's will be some of the first stores to offer Apple Pay support for store credit cards, while Dunkin Donuts, Walgreens, and Panera Bread will be some of the first to make loyalty cards available via Apple Pay. These features launch in the fall.

iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 El Capitan include an entirely revamped two-factor authentication system that replaces the existing two-step verification system. The new two-factor authentication feature does away with Recovery Keys and uses new methods to trust devices and deliver verification codes for a more streamlined user experience.

Any device that you sign into with the new authentication system becomes a trusted device that can then be used to verify your identity when signing into other devices and services linked to your Apple ID. This simplifies the process of trusting devices. It's also now possible to use text messages or phone calls as a backup option when a trusted device is not available. Previously, two-factor verification codes could only be delivered by text message or on a verified device.

The elimination of Recovery Keys is the most important feature in the new two-factor authentication system, as it means there's no longer a danger of losing an Apple ID and linked purchases forever should both a Recovery Key and a trusted device become lost.

With the new authentication system, Apple's customer support team will help users recover their Apple IDs through a recovery process if trusted devices become inaccessible and accessing an account to change a password is impossible.

Split-screen multitasking has been a much anticipated feature for the iPad that's been rumored to be in the works for over a year. With Split-screen multitasking, it's possible to use two different iOS apps on the same screen, so you can read a website while on a FaceTime call, or watch a video while composing a message in Mail.

iOS 9 includes three different multitasking features: Slide Over, Split View, and Picture in Picture.

Slide Over can be activated within any app by swiping left from the right side of the iPad. This gesture brings up a small side pane that displays a secondary app alongside the first app, in a 1/3 screen space arrangement. Choosing a new app for the side pane can be done by swiping downwards from the top of the screen within the pane.

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Slide Over is not true multitasking because both apps are not active at once. While the side panel is open, the app that's taking up most of the screen is relegated to the background.

By pulling the Slide Over app further towards the middle of the screen on an iPad Air 2 in landscape mode, Split View is activated. Split View displays two apps side-by-side, with each app taking up half of the screen. In Split View, both apps can be used at the same time and controlled independently, so you can, for example, browse in Safari while simultaneously scrolling through your chats in Messages.

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Picture in Picture, as the name suggests, is a third feature that lets you watch videos or participate in FaceTime video calls while using other apps. When on a FaceTime call or when watching a video, tapping on the home button sends the video to a corner of the iPad's display. From there, it's possible to use other apps while you view the video or continue on with the FaceTime conversation.

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Picture in Picture and Slide Over multitasking features are available on the iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 2, and iPad mini 3. Split View multitasking is limited to the iPad Air 2, which has a more powerful processor that can handle two apps at once.

On the iPad's on-screen keyboard there's a new Shortcut bar that houses editing tools like cut, copy, paste, and undo/redo. The default view includes the undo/redo tools as of beta 2, but selecting text brings up the cut/copy/paste tools. Using the bar, it's possible to quickly edit and format documents and text Third-party apps are able to customize these tools to offer different options.

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When a wireless keyboard is connected to the iPad, pressing Command, Option, or Control brings up a list of shortcuts on screen. There are new keyboard shortcuts for bringing up a quick search and switching between apps.

On both the iPad and the iPhone, there's a new two finger gesture that controls the cursor. Placing two fingers anywhere on the screen (including over the keyboard) allows for super quick selecting, cutting, and pasting, making it much easier to control the cursor in iOS 9.

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The look of the keyboard has also changed in iOS 9. In addition to using the new San Francisco systemwide font, the shift function has been modified. When shift (or caps lock) is pressed, the keyboard displays capital letters. When shift is off, the keyboard displays lower case letters. In iOS 8, letters were always capitalized, with shift mode being denoted only by a key color change.

Optimization improvements are one of the most important aspects of iOS 9, and Apple has put a lot of work into making the operating system more efficient. Apple's focused heavily on battery life, and with the company's tweaks, iPhones get an additional hour of battery use under normal usage conditions.

For example, the iPhone's ambient light and proximity sensors let it detect if it's facedown on a table, and if it is, an incoming notification no longer causes the screen to light up.

There's also a new Low Power Mode on the iPhone that can add three hours of battery life by cutting down on features that drain battery. It turns off automatic Mail fetch, disables background app refresh, disables motion effects, and disables animated wallpapers.

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It also throttles the power of your iPhone so it drains less power. Through benchmark testing, it appears Low Power mode reduces an iPhone's performance by about 40 percent to cut down on power usage.

To learn how to use Low Power Mode, make sure to check out our how to guide .

iOS 9 is able to more efficiently stream updates to an iOS device, which cuts down on the amount of space that it takes to install the operating system. A major complaint with iOS 8 was the 4.58 GB of space it took to install the update, preventing many with 16GB devices from using the operating system. With these optimizations, iOS 9 requires only 1.3 GB of space to install.

For devices that do not have enough space to install the iOS 9 update, Apple has introduced a new auto app delete/reinstall feature . When attempting to install iOS 9 on a device with insufficient space, there's a popup that offers to temporarily delete some apps in order to make room for the update. Apps that are deleted are then reinstalled and replaced after the operating system update is completed.

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Apps from third-party developers also require less installation space, as explained in the developer section below.

Apps in iOS 9 take advantage of Metal, making more efficient use of the CPU and GPU for faster scrolling, smoother animations, and better performance. Email, messages, web pages, and PDFs all render faster.

iOS 9 prompts users to create 6-digit passcodes instead of 4-digit passcodes for additional security. It's still possible to create a 4-digit passcode, but Apple recommends a 6-digit code because it adds one million possible combinations instead of 10,000, making a passcode harder to crack. Two-factor authentication support is also enhanced in iOS 9.

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There are a lot of new developer APIs included with iOS 9 that bring great new features to third-party apps. A quick look at these features gives us information on what we can expect from apps when iOS 9 is released in the fall.

Developers are able to take advantage of multitasking on the iPad, optimizing their apps to be used with the three multitasking features: Slide Over, Split View, and Picture in Picture. Apps do not work automatically with this feature and require developer support.

Third-party apps can include a new Core Spotlight feature, allowing them to come up in searches on iOS 9. A search for "Maui" might bring up a travel app, for example, and an additional deep linking feature sends users to the appropriate place within the app.

Specific items on websites that are accessible from within an app can also be made available to iOS 9's search feature, and links are able to take users back to a website or an app after searching.

Games are going to get a lot better. There are improvements to the tools developers can use to build iOS games, including SceneKit, SpriteKit, and Metal. Three new kits have also been introduced: GamePlayKit for creating complex rule-based games and realistic character behavior, ReplayKit for allowing players to record video of the games they're playing, and Model I/O, a 3D model framework.

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With App Thinning, apps can be optimized for specific devices for the first time, which allows them to take up less space on your devices. You won't need to download all the iPad files for a game if you're playing on an iPhone, for example. That means faster installs, faster launch times, and more storage space left for other apps and content.

There are new data points in HealthKit that apps can contribute to (reproductive health, UV exposure, water intake, and sedentary state), and apps can now use Safari features like Reader mode and Autofill. News Publishing features let third-party content creators optimize websites and stories for the new News app, and third-party apps can offer transit directions and enable Flyover.

Improvements to CloudKit and HomeKit also promise to bring exciting new features to third-party apps in iOS 9.

With any major operating system update, there are hundreds of small but significant changes that are introduced but go unmentioned by Apple. We've rounded up some of these hidden features in dedicated posts for each beta iteration ( beta 1 ) ( beta 2 ) ( beta 3 ) ( beta 4 ), ( beta 5 ) and we've listed some of the most interesting tweaks below.

Keyboard changes - The shift function has been altered once again, making it easier to determine when it's activated and when caps lock is turned on. With shift pressed, all letters on the keyboard are now shown in upper case. With shift off, letters on the keyboard are lower case. On iPad, there are new edit controls, and the keyboard now uses the new San Francisco font.

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Find My Friends/iPhone - Find My Friends and Find My iPhone are both default apps with iOS 9 and come installed automatically. Before these needed to be downloaded from the App Store. Find My Friends can be added to the Notification Center, where it tracks the location of your friends.

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Battery settings - To go along with all the new battery features in iOS 9, there's a new dedicated "Battery" section in the Settings app, where Low Power Mode can be turned on. It also displays more detailed battery usage information that can be sorted by apps using the most and the least amount of power. With Low Power Mode, background activity, motion effects, and animated wallpapers are disabled. Battery information is also displayed in the Notification Center, for the Apple Watch, iOS devices, and some other connected devices like wireless headphones.

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Settings Search - There's a new search bar in the Settings app that lets you quickly locate a specific setting.

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Go Back to App - When you tap on a Notification or a link in Safari and it opens a new app, you can go back to the previous app using a new "Go Back" button.

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Apple Watch app - In iOS 9 beta 2, the name of the Apple Watch app on the iPhone was shortened from "Apple Watch" to just "Watch."

App folders on iPad - In iOS 9 beta 3, Apple increased the number of apps displayed per folder. App folders on the iPad now display apps in a 4x4 arrangement instead of a 3x3 arrangement, allowing users to see more apps in a folder at a glance. With 15 pages of apps allowed per folder, folders are able to house up to 240 apps instead of 135.

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Music settings - iOS 9 beta 3 added an option in the Settings app under "Music" to stream music at the highest quality while using a cellular connection. This gives users more control over the quality of the music they're listening to.

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Photo app folders - In iOS 9 beta 3, Apple added new folders for selfies and screenshots in the Photos app. The "Selfies" folder aggregates all photos captured with the front-facing camera, while the "Screenshots" folder houses all screenshots captured by holding down the power button and home button.

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Home Sharing - Home Sharing for music was removed in iOS 8.4 with the launch of the new music app and the new Apple Music service, but iTunes chief Eddy Cue said Apple was working to re-add the feature in iOS 9 and it has, in iOS 9 beta 4.

Handoff - The Handoff feature in the App Switcher has been moved to the bottom of the app-switching interface. Pull up on the new Handoff bar to open an app. Previously, Handoff was displayed in the app carousel. As of beta 5 , the Handoff feature that showed relevant App Store apps on the lock screen in certain locations was eliminated. Installed apps are still shown based on location.

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Wallpaper - Every new operating system comes with new wallpaper, and iOS 9 is no exception. Wallpaper additions include close ups of feathers, flowers, plants, planets, and more. Many older wallpapers were removed when new ones were added.

For even more changes, make sure to check out our individual posts that cover the hidden features and tweaks that were added in each beta update during the testing period.

- iOS 9 Beta 1 Tidbits

- iOS 9 Beta 2 Tidbits

- iOS 9 Beta 3 Tidbits

- iOS 9 Beta 4 Tidbits

- iOS 9 Beta 5 Tidbits

We have a dedicated iOS 9 forum , where users discuss their thoughts on the new operating system, showcase new discoveries, and share bugs and issues they're experiencing.

The iOS 9 forum is a fantastic resource for learning about iOS 9 and it's well worth checking out to get more details on the new OS.

iOS 9 works with all devices that are able to run iOS 8, including the older A5-based iPhone 4s and iPad 2. Compatible devices include the iPhone 4s and newer, the iPad 2 and newer, and the original iPad mini and newer.

iOS 9 was released to the public on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. It is available immediately through an over-the-air update that's accessible by opening the Settings app and going to General --> Software update. It requires 1.3 GB of free space to install and is available on all devices that were able to run iOS 8, including the iPhone 4s and later, the iPad 2 and later, and all iPad mini models.

The successor to iOS 9 is iOS 10, which is currently in development and set to be released in the fall of 2016, as with prior operating system updates for the iPhone and iPad. iOS 10 is currently available to developers and full details on the new features in the update can be found in our dedicated iOS 10 roundup .

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Update your iOS device to 9.3.5 as it fixes serious security vulnerabilities

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The NSO Group sells surveillance software that utilizes three zero-day vulnerabilities in iOS — it’s something that rarely happens in the wild, according to the team of researchers that reported the flaws to Apple. “Zero days” means the flaws were previously unknown, and a company had no time, or “zero days,” to fix them.

It all started with Ahmed Mansoor, a well-recognized human rights defender based in the United Arab Emirates. On August 10 and 11, Mansoor got an SMS on his iPhone “promising “new secrets” about detainees tortured in UAE jails if he clicked on an included link.

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Mansoor didn’t click the link — he sent it straight to Citizen Lab researchers housed in the University of Toronto. If Mansoor had followed the link, the exploit would have remotely jailbroken his iPhone 6, and installed spyware.

“Once infected, Mansoor’s phone would have become a digital spy in his pocket, capable of employing his iPhone’s camera and microphone to snoop on activity in the vicinity of the device, recording his WhatsApp and Viber calls, logging messages sent in mobile chat apps, and tracking his movements,” according to Citizen Labs’ report .

The team worked with researchers at Lookout Security and managed to track the exploit back to NSO Group, a “cyber-war” company that sells Pegasus, a government-exclusive “lawful intercept” spyware product. Oddly, NSO Group is owned by an American venture capital firm named Francisco Partners Management.

“The high cost of iPhone zero-days, the apparent use of NSO Group’s government-exclusive Pegasus product, and prior known targeting of Mansoor by the UAE government provide indicators that point to the UAE government as the likely operator behind the targeting,” the researchers write in the report.

Immediately after discovering Trident,  Citizen Labs and Lookout Security notified Apple. The Cupertino company said it would address the vulnerabilities — and 10 days later, Apple patched them up  in iOS 9.3.5 . It’s likely the last update to iOS 9, as iOS 10 is likely to release soon .  

The exploit and patch come weeks after Apple announced its first bug bounty program , which is to begin as an invitation-only process with the company doling out rewards as high as $200,000 for discovered vulnerabilities.

The update is available to all devices running iOS 9 through an over-the-air update.

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Apple isn’t immune from the AI craze sweeping the rest of the industry. Following the likes of Google with Gemini Nano, Apple is set to roll out AI upgrades to the iPhone with iOS 18. Code-named “Project Graymatter,” the iOS 18 update will bring a variety of AI-powered enhancements to the iPhone and Siri in particular.

According to AppleInsider, the features are being tested in advance of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), and one of the biggest is called “Graymatter Catch Up.” The feature is tied to Siri, Apple’s voice assistant, which will now allow users to request and receive an AI overview of the most recent notifications.

It has taken me quite a while, but I’ve recently had a chance to try out a feature in iOS 17 that, until now, I had forgotten even existed. I’m talking about StandBy mode, and I feel a bit silly for having passed it by for so long, as it’s really good.

Why haven’t I used it until now? It turns out I just needed the right piece of hardware to come along. What is StandBy mode?

It's that time of year again! The Unicode Consortium has released a preview of new emoji that will likely be included in a version of iOS 18 later this year or early next year. It will be up to Apple to officially add them to the next iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, macOS, and visionOS versions.

The new emoji announced today include ones for a sleepy face, fingerprint, leafless tree, vegetable root, harp, shovel, and splatter. The emoji examples provided by Unicode serve as starting points for Apple designers to create finished designs and are not the final images Apple will use. Google and other platform users will also work with these emoji as a starting point.

Updating to 9.3.5 (iTunes/Finder)

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Unfortunately, there is currently no jailbreak available for firmware versions 4.3 to 4.3.2 and 4.3.4 to 4.3.5 on iPad 2 devices. However, this device can update to 9.3.5 and use the kok3shi jailbreak instead.

Due to the age of this iOS version, you will need to use iTunes or similar to manually update the device to iOS 9.3.5, as updating on the device was not a thing at the time of iOS 4.3.

# Updating to 9.3.5

  • Plug your device into your computer.
  • On iTunes or Finder, locate your device.
  • Select Check for Update .
  • Ensure that the version you are updating to is iOS 9.3.5

About the security content of iOS 9.3

This document describes the security content of iOS 9.3.

For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available. To learn more about Apple Product Security, see the Apple Product Security website.

For information about the Apple Product Security PGP Key, see How to use the Apple Product Security PGP Key .

Where possible, CVE IDs are used to reference the vulnerabilities for further information.

To learn about other security updates, see Apple security updates .

AppleUSBNetworking

Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

Impact: A USB device may be able to cause a denial of service

Description: An error handling issue existed in packet validation. This issue was addressed through improved error handling.

CVE-2016-1734 : Andrea Barisani and Andrej Rosano of Inverse Path

Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PDF file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.

CVE-2016-1740 : HappilyCoded (ant4g0nist and r3dsm0k3) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)

HTTPProtocol

Impact: A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code

Description: Multiple vulnerabilities existed in nghttp2 versions prior to 1.6.0, the most serious of which may have led to remote code execution. These were addressed by updating nghttp2 to version 1.6.0.

CVE-2015-8659

IOHIDFamily

Impact: An application may be able to determine kernel memory layout

CVE-2016-1748 : Brandon Azad

Impact: An application may be able to cause a denial of service

Description: A denial of service issue was addressed through improved validation.

CVE-2016-1752 : CESG

Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A use after free issue was addressed through improved memory management.

CVE-2016-1750 : CESG

Description: Multiple integer overflows were addressed through improved input validation.

CVE-2016-1753 : Juwei Lin Trend Micro working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)

Impact: An application may be able to bypass code signing

Description: A permissions issue existed in which execute permission was incorrectly granted. This issue was addressed through improved permission validation.

CVE-2016-1751 : Eric Monti of Square Mobile Security

Description: A race condition existed during the creation of new processes. This was addressed through improved state handling.

CVE-2016-1757 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero and Pedro Vilaça

Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved input validation.

CVE-2016-1756 : Lufeng Li of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team

Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

CVE-2016-1754 : Lufeng Li of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team

CVE-2016-1755 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed through improved input validation.

CVE-2016-1758 : Brandon Azad

LaunchServices

Impact: An application may be able to modify events from other applications

Description: An event handler validation issue existed in the XPC Services API. This issue was addressed through improved message validation.

CVE-2016-1760 : Proteas of Qihoo 360 Nirvan Team

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted XML may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

CVE-2015-1819

CVE-2015-5312 : David Drysdale of Google

CVE-2015-7499

CVE-2015-7500 : Kostya Serebryany of Google

CVE-2015-7942 : Kostya Serebryany of Google

CVE-2015-8035 : gustavo.grieco

CVE-2015-8242 : Hugh Davenport

CVE-2016-1761 : wol0xff working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)

CVE-2016-1762

Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may auto-fill text into other Message threads

Description: An issue existed in the parsing of SMS URLs. This issue was addressed through improved URL validation.

CVE-2016-1763 : CityTog

Impact: An attacker who is able to bypass Apple's certificate pinning, intercept TLS connections, inject messages, and record encrypted attachment-type messages may be able to read attachments

Description: A cryptographic issue was addressed by rejecting duplicate messages on the client.

CVE-2016-1788 : Christina Garman, Matthew Green, Gabriel Kaptchuk, Ian Miers, and Michael Rushanan of Johns Hopkins University

Impact: An untrusted MDM profile may be incorrectly displayed as verified

Description: A certificate validation issue existed in MDM profiles. This was addressed through additional checks.

CVE-2016-1766 : Taylor Boyko working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted certificate may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the ASN.1 decoder. This issue was addressed through improved input validation.

CVE-2016-1950 : Francis Gabriel of Quarkslab

TrueTypeScaler

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the processing of font files. This issue was addressed through improved input validation.

CVE-2016-1775 : 0x1byte working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

CVE-2016-1778 : 0x1byte working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) and Yang Zhao of CM Security

CVE-2016-1783 : Mihai Parparita of Google

Impact: A website may be able to track sensitive user information

Description: An issue existed in the handling of attachment URLs. This issue was addressed through improved URL handling.

CVE-2016-1781 : Devdatta Akhawe of Dropbox, Inc.

Description: A hidden web page may be able to access device-orientation and device-motion data. This issue was addressed by suspending the availability of this data when the web view is hidden.

CVE-2016-1780 : Maryam Mehrnezhad, Ehsan Toreini, Siamak F. Shahandashti, and Feng Hao of the School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, UK

Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may reveal a user's current location

Description: An issue existed in the parsing of geolocation requests. This was addressed through improved validation of the security origin for geolocation requests.

CVE-2016-1779 : xisigr of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab (http://www.tencent.com)

Impact: A malicious website may be able to access restricted ports on arbitrary servers

Description: A port redirection issue was addressed through additional port validation.

CVE-2016-1782 : Muneaki Nishimura (nishimunea) of Recruit Technologies Co., Ltd.

Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted URL may lead to the disclosure of sensitive user information

Description: An issue existed in URL redirection when XSS auditor was used in block mode. This issue was addressed through improved URL navigation.

CVE-2016-1864 : Takeshi Terada of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc.

WebKit History

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash

Description: A resource exhaustion issue was addressed through improved input validation.

CVE-2016-1784 : Moony Li and Jack Tang of TrendMicro and 李普君 of 无声信息技术PKAV Team (PKAV.net)

WebKit Page Loading

Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to user interface spoofing

Description: Redirect responses may have allowed a malicious website to display an arbitrary URL and read cached contents of the destination origin. This issue was addressed through improved URL display logic.

CVE-2016-1786 : ma.la of LINE Corporation

Impact: A malicious website may exfiltrate data cross-origin

Description: A caching issue existed with character encoding. This was addressed through additional request checking.

CVE-2016-1785 : an anonymous researcher

Impact: An attacker with a privileged network position may be able to execute arbitrary code

Description: A frame validation and memory corruption issue existed for a given ethertype. This issue was addressed through additional ethertype validation and improved memory handling.

CVE-2016-0801 : an anonymous researcher

CVE-2016-0802 : an anonymous researcher

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iOS 18 is coming today: Here’s everything we know

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iOS 18 will mark Apple’s annual iPhone software update for 2024 and will be full of changes, and we’re just hours away from it being announced. The update has been described as one of the biggest ever for the iPhone. There will be major new AI features and design changes, plus new customization options. Read on for a recap of everything we know about iOS 18’s new features so far.

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In November, Bloomberg reported that Apple put a one-week pause on the development of new features for iOS 18 to fix bugs. This was done after the completion of the “first milestone” build of iOS 18. Typically, Apple would then immediately begin work on the second milestone, but this year, it took that one-week break to iron out early bugs and problems.

This delay, however, is unlikely to have a significant impact on iOS 18 in terms of new features and its release date. Instead, it was simply Apple taking an early pause to make sure iOS 18 is developed on as stable of a foundation as possible.

iOS 18 will be announced at WWDC 2024, which will take place on June 10. The first beta will be released following Apple’s keynote on June 10. A public beta will likely be released in July 2024, followed by a release to the general public in September.

Here’s a rundown of recent iOS release dates:

  • iOS 17 : September 17, 2023
  • iOS 16 : September 12, 2022
  • iOS 15 : September 20, 2021
  • iOS 14 : September 16, 2020
  • iOS 13 : September 19, 2019 
  • iOS 12 : September 17, 2018

One of the biggest questions every year is which devices will be compatible with the new iOS version. This year, the rumor is that Apple has good news for iPhone owners. According to an anonymous account on Twitter, iOS 18 will be supported by all the same devices as iOS 17.

  • iPhone 15 Plus
  • iPhone 15 Pro
  • iPhone 15 Pro Max
  • iPhone 14 Plus
  • iPhone 14 Pro
  • iPhone 14 Pro Max
  • iPhone 13 mini
  • iPhone 13 Pro
  • iPhone 13 Pro Max
  • iPhone 12 mini
  • iPhone 12 Pro
  • iPhone 12 Pro Max
  • iPhone 11 Pro
  • iPhone 11 Pro Max
  • iPhone XS Max
  • iPhone SE (2nd generation)
  • iPhone SE (3rd generation)

New features in iOS 18

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Apple was reportedly caught “flat-footed” by the sudden rise of AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Microsoft Copilot. As such, the company is reportedly working on a wide array of new artificial intelligence features for iOS, which will be branded as “Apple Intelligence” features .

In fact, Apple CEO Tim Cook himself has promised that Apple has new AI features coming this year. During Apple’s most recent earnings call, Cook teased Apple is spending a “tremendous amount of time and effort” on artificial intelligence technologies, and the company is “excited to share the details of our ongoing work in that space later this year.”

Many of Apple’s AI tools are expected to be opt-in, according to Bloomberg . In a report, Mark Gurman detailed that Apple “won’t make users adopt” these AI features if they don’t want to.

Bloomberg has reported extensively on Apple’s goals for AI in iOS 18. Reports have outlined that “there’s an edict” within Apple and Craig Federighi’s software team to fill iOS 18 “with features running on the company’s large language model.”

Here’s a recap:

  • A revamped version of Siri that is more intelligent and able to take advantage of a new AI system that incorporates large language model technology. Many of the biggest improvements to Siri, however, aren’t expected to arrive until 2025 .
  • AI integration in the Messages app that can “field questions and auto-complete sentences.”
  • The ability to summarize incoming messages, notification, Safari webpages, emails, and more.
  • Reply suggestions to “automatically create fully fleshed-out responses to emails and text messages on behalf of the user.”
  • New AI features for Apple Music to create “auto-generated playlists”
  • Integrating generative AI into iWork apps, including Keynote and Pages
  • Adding generative AI features to Xcode to let developers “write new applications more quickly”
  • Major new features for the Photos app, allowing users to enhance images, remove people and objects from images, and more.
  • New AI features for Voice Memos, including automatic transcriptions for audio files.
  • The ability to generate custom emoji using AI. This feature will create new emoji icons that relate to what the user is typing. Bloomberg says the system can update on the fly as the user types out words in a text.

Not all of these will necessarily be tied to iOS 18 or ready to be shipped as part of iOS 18. Apple’s apparent goal, however, is to fill iOS 18 with as many AI features as possible.

Additionally, Bloomberg has reported that many of the on-device AI features in iOS 18 will require an iPhone 15 Pro. This will significantly limit the number of users who are able to take advantage of the new features. The components that run on cloud servers, however, will likely be more widely available.

Bloomberg and The Information have reported that Apple has inked a deal with OpenAI to power some of the new AI features in iOS 18. The parntership with OpenAI will reportedly power Apple’s custom ChatGPT-like chatbot.

We’re still waiting on more details on how this will work. Apple is also developing its own large language model for a chatbot internally.

9to5Mac  found evidence  of Apple’s work on new AI and large language model technology in iOS 17.4. We reported that Apple is relying on OpenAI’s ChatGPT API for internal testing to help the development of its own AI models. 

  • iOS 17.4: Apple continues work on AI-powered Siri and Messages features, with help from ChatGPT

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Apple made a surprise announcement in October : RCS support is coming to iPhones sometime in 2024. RCS, or Rich Communication Services, is the successor to SMS and MMS. It will bring a number of iMessage-style features to texts between iPhone and Android users.

RCS will unlock things like read receipts, typing indicators, and support for sending high-quality images and videos for conversations between iPhone and Android devices. It will also give users the ability to share their location with other people inside text threads. Unlike regular SMS, RCS can work over mobile data or Wi-Fi as well.

Apple’s specific wording is that RCS will be available on iPhone “later next year” via a software update. This would seemingly suggest that the feature could be included as part of iOS 18.

iOS 18, macOS 15, and iPadOS 18 will include a dedicated Passwords app for the first time. This new app will make it easier for users to log in to websites and software, following years of Apple displaying passwords through the Settings app instead of a dedicated app.

The new Passwords app will be available across Apple’s platforms, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. It will also reportedly be available on Windows. 

Other than new AI features, Apple has a few other big changes in store for the Messages app. First, iOS 18 will bring upgrades to the Tapbacks experience. Instead of being restricted to the current predefined set of six options (Love, Like, Dislike, Laugh, Emphasize, and Question), users will be able to react with any emoji they choose.

iOS 18 will also add support for scheduling messages to send later. This will let users to compose a message in Messages but have it actually send to the other person at a later time.

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Following the addition of Home Screen widgets with iOS 14 in 2020, Apple reportedly has more Home Screen changes in store for iOS 18. According to a pair of reports , iOS 18 will include new customization for the iPhone’s Home Screen.

In particular, rumors say that Apple will let users freely place app icons on their Home Screen for the first time. This means iPhone users will be able to break free from the Home Screen grid and create gaps between widgets and app icons.

Another significant update coming to the iOS 18 home screen is the ability to customize app icons. According to Bloomberg , this new feature will allow users to change the color of app icons system-wide for the first time.

We are still awaiting more details on how this will function. Bloomberg’s example indicates that users might be able to “make all social icons blue or finance-related ones green.”

Apple Maps is expected to introduce a new custom route creation feature with iOS 18. This addition will allow iPhone users to design their own specific routes for a trip, instead of depending on the suggested routes from Apple Maps.

While Apple Maps currently offers multiple route options to your destination, the iOS 18 update will give users complete control over the precise details of their journey.

The Settings app on iPhone has remained largely the same since 2007. Finally, iOS 18 will  reportedly include  a new version of the Settings app for iPhone users. The new Settings app will allegedly feature a revamped interface with improved organization, as well as more powerful search for easily finding the settings you’re looking for.

According to Bloomberg , iOS 18 will introduce a revamped Control Center for iPhone users. The new design will feature an updated music widget and enhanced HomeKit integration. The new Control Center will also reportedly be able to be split across multiple pages.

Currently, iOS “intelligently” selects up to six accessories to display in the Home section of Control Center. This layout is managed automatically and often fails to surface the exact controls users need. While Bloomberg doesn’t provide specific details on how iOS 18 will improve HomeKit support in Control Center, it is hoped that one area of focus will be giving users added customization options.

  • The Calendar app will integrate with the Reminders app, allowing reminders to appear on your calendar for the first time. The apps, however, will remains separate.
  • The Health app will include new blood pressure data management features.
  • The Calculator app will get more powerful (and exppand to the iPad for the first time).
  • There’s a new “ smart song transitions ” feature in the works for Apple Music.
  • Bloomberg  reports today that iOS 18 and macOS 15 will include new wallpaper packs that harken back to old school icons, slogans, and artwork.
  • The ability to lock apps behind Face ID authentication.
  • Tinted app icons when in dark mode .

Bloomberg has described iOS 18 as being Apple’s most “ambitious and compelling” update in years. The update is reportedly considered “groundbreaking” inside Apple and full of “major new features and designs, in addition to security and performance improvements.”

Apple has internally referred to iOS 18 as potentially the “biggest” iOS update ever, according to reports . There is reportedly a lot more in the works for the update than just the aforementioned new AI features.

It’s important to remember that Apple’s plans for iOS 18 may change between now and September. Over the next three months, Apple will finalize its plans for iOS 18 based on development progress before the update is released in September. Some features could also be announced at WWDC 2024 but not released until much later via updates such as iOS 18.1 and iOS 18.2.

What are you hoping to see in iOS 18? Do you think Apple will be able to catch up to other companies with new AI features? Let us know in the comments.

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Here's every MacOS 15 Sequoia feature announced at WWDC 2024

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Apple previewed MacOS 15 Sequoia today at WWDC , showing off an overhaul of the operating system for MacBooks and iMacs that centers around AI integration. This year's WWDC was undoubtedly all about AI. It's unsurprising since Apple took its time to discuss its plans for AI integration across its products. Now that it's here, we have a better picture of its approach, which looks good.

Also:  Live updates: Everything Apple announced at WWDC 2024, including iOS 18, Siri, AI, and more

New AI features are coming to Siri, Safari, and a new Continuity app that streamlines the use of your iPhone and Mac. But it's not all AI. There are also quite a bit of quality-of-life design improvements and security updates launching with MacOS 15.

Following today's preview, beta testing of MacOS 15 starts immediately and will continue over the next few months, with a launch to the general public in the fall of 2024. That'll be here sooner than you think, so let's take a look at the biggest features just announced. 

1. Apple Intelligence

The past few months have been jam-packed with flashy announcements from OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft, but Apple's had the final word, reclaiming the acronym with the clever naming of its new Apple Intelligence . So what is it? It refers to the overarching AI ecosystem that will be present in MacOS 15, as well as the iPhone and iPad; the engine powering all the new AI functionality across all its apps.

The Apple Intelligence ecosystem is fueled by a partnership with OpenAI , allowing Apple to leverage the massive LLM already cultivated by OpenAI's huge success with ChatGPT, along with the company's goals of taking on Google by entering the search market. 

Also: What is 'Apple Intelligence': How it works with on-device and cloud-based AI

Apple's approach to AI is markedly different from that of its competitors, however. Instead of positioning the new AI features as integral aspects of their products, Apple allows users to opt in, making immediate adoption a choice. The AI features are also clearly defined as being in beta, underscoring their nature as works-in-progress. 

This lets Apple disengage from the chaotic rat race to a degree, positioning itself as the careful, more ethical actor when it comes to AI, particularly in light of  recent debilitating security concerns  from Microsoft's Recall feature, which is delaying the release of a host of its new Copilot+ PCs .

2. Continuity

The new Continuity app links your Mac to your iPhone in a fully comprehensive way, essentially allowing you to remote into your iPhone directly through your laptop. The demo at WWDC showed iPhone mirroring to pull up the iPhone's home screen, interacting with multiple apps using the laptop's trackpad and keyboard. 

Also: iOS 18's new Game Mode makes your iPhone faster and more performant

The app also streamlines your devices by bringing your iPhone's notifications straight to the Mac, allowing you to pull up the corresponding app onto the laptop. If you're worried about privacy while using your phone on your laptop, your phone's screen actually remains locked and turned off, even while you're using the phone remotely. Alternatively, the new standby mode on the iPhone displays a host of at-a-glance (but un-interactable) data like a clock and calendar while you're using the Continuity app on the Mac. 

3. Siri 2.0

Apple has played the long game when it comes to its virtual assistant, Siri. As one of the very first to be adopted by the public, Siri has been around for a very long time -- since 2011 -- although it's taken a back seat to flashier AI assistants the past few years. Apple's technology in this area offers a strong foundation to expand upon, however, and the new and improved Siri is full of new AI features.

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During the WWDC keynote, Apple showed off Siri's new look as an ever-present AI assistant integrated into every thread of the UI, not a standalone app. Siri will have access to ChatGPT's LLM, allowing the AI to be functionally ready to communicate in a more natural context, following up with previous conversations and messages instead of providing full context in every single prompt. 

The new Siri also comes with on-screen awareness, allowing the AI to respond to what you're looking at on the screen without requiring the user to provide specific context with each prompt. This also allows Siri to take in-app actions in a way that wasn't possible before. In MacOS Sequoia, Siri's integration with OpenAI's LLM propels the virtual assistant to the top players in the field alongside Chat GPT-4o and Google's Gemini . 

4. AI-fueled productivity apps

Apple Intelligence has been integrated across all of the big productivity apps in MacOS 15. Here's a breakdown of some of the most noteworthy features.

  • Keynote, Numbers, and Pages: The core suite of Apple's productivity apps are seeing a host of AI-infused upgrades on both the creativity end and performance. Keynote will allow users to tap AI to auto-generate slides, and Pages will come with new text-generation prompts fueled by AI.   
  • Mail:  Apple Intelligence will play a more active role in finding specific emails, responding, deleting, and organizing your inbox, from summarizing emails to suggesting replies and rewrites. One of the more useful features includes the summary feature, which taps the AI to pull out summaries of an email in the inbox view, as opposed to just showing the first few lines of an email, which often aren't useful for summarizing what an email is about. 
  • Calendar: Besides integration with the Reminders app, the new Calendar app will support AI.
  • Photos: AI-based photo editing features in the Photos app allow users to make touch-ups, remove backgrounds, and do editing instantaneously. Additionally, searching for specific photos and videos using natural language will bring up images of specific people or events. 
  • Notes: Voice functionality is coming to the Notes app, with the ability to add voice memos directly embedded into your notes. AI will also support audio transcription and transcripts of audio recordings. You can record and transcribe audio, and when your recording is finished, the AI will create a summary on its own. 

5. New and improved Safari

Safari will see a host of improvements powered by AI functionality, including an "Intelligent Search" option that harnesses on-device AI to summarize search results in the browser in Mac OS Sequoia. Following along with Apple's emphasis on security, Safari updates include intelligent tracking prevention that restricts what websites can track, while also emphasizing the efficiency and speed of the Safari app. 

Also:  ChatGPT privacy tips: Two important ways to limit the data you share with OpenAI    

Apple demoed Safari's machine learning capability to automatically detect relevant information on a webpage, including things like quick links, directions, and quick summaries with logistical information like phone numbers and addresses. 

6. Standalone Passwords app

Aligning with Apple's positioning of its AI features as secure and trustworthy, it's releasing an all-new and updated Passwords app in MacOS 15 that consolidates and streamlines your password across your Apple devices. 

Also: Apple's new AI features expected for just these iPhone models (for now)

This standalone app is an extension of the existing iCloud Keychain, and seeks to simplify password storage by employing Face ID and Touch ID alongside character-string passwords. Much of it is designed to work automatically and seamlessly in an effort to solve what is a huge UX headache that everyone has experienced at one point or another.

Apple wants to create a "unified gaming platform" across the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with high resolution and improved ray tracing. Apple emphasized the sheer number of new titles available on the Apple silicon chips, and they look better than ever. Frostpunk 2, Control, and UbiSoft include ray tracing and Assasin's Creed, coming to Apple devices later this year. 

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How to upgrade ipad from 9.3.5 to latest iOS

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Nov 6, 2020 6:39 PM in response to frazzm737

Thanks for your response can we update to to 12?

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Nov 7, 2020 12:34 AM in response to rupeshchauhan

Sorry, but if your iPad Mini has been stuck all of this time on iOS 9, then you own a 2012 iPad Mini 1 and NOT an iPad Mini 2,

An iPad Mini 1 cannot be upgraded any farther than iOS 9.3.5.

The iPad Mini 1 is now over 8-years old and is complete unsupported now for nearly the past 3 years.

If you want an iPad with a much higher iOS version, then it is time to seriously consider a new or "newer", used iPad model capable of running the latest iPadOS 14 and later.

Sorry & Best of Luck to You.

LotusPilot

Nov 7, 2020 6:35 AM in response to rupeshchauhan

The tags appended to your post suggest that you declared having an iPad mini2 - yet you mention that iOS 9.3.5 is installed on your iPad.

Having iOS 9.3.5 installed implies that you actually have a first generation iPad mini (WiFi Only) - and not an iPad mini2. This misidentification is not an uncommon mistake.

A very old first generation iPad mini can only be updated to iOS 9.3.5 (WiFi Only models) or iOS 9.3.6 (WiFi & Cellular models).

Apple ended update support for iPad mini in September 2016. iPad mini1 cannot be updated to iOS 10 or later major versions of iOS, as the internal hardware does not meet the minimum technical requirements for new versions of iOS/iPadOS. This limitation cannot be bypassed - in addition to which, iPad mini is a 32-bit architecture device, whilst all recent versions of iOS/iPadOS are designed for 64-bit hardware platforms.

By contrast an iPad mini2 and mini3 are similarly limited to iOS 12.4.9. For these models of iPad, Apple ended major update support in September 2019. Since then, there have only been a few “point” security updates.

You may wish to consider that compatible Apps for your iPad are increasingly difficult to find - as third-party developers are increasingly dropping support for older versions of iOS preceding iOS11/12/13. As older versions of Apps are removed from the Apple App Store, you’ll not be able to (re)download or install them. As such, if you want or need to access most current Apps, requiring more recent versions of iOS, you’ll need to consider replacement of your iPad with a newer or current model.

I hope this information provides helpful clarity as to your available options - and the limitations of your current iPad mini.

frazzm737

Nov 6, 2020 6:33 PM in response to rupeshchauhan

Sorry, but the iPad Mini 2 cannot run iOS versions beyond 12. It does not have the components needed to run the latest and greatest software.

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