iOS 9 is the ninth version of Apple's iOS mobile operating system. It was announced at the company's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 8, 2015.
Introduced at the WWDC on June 8, 2015. iOS 9 brings many new improvements and enchantments. Many new features are introduced such as:
- Multitasking for iPad
- New Spotlight Integration
- App Thining
- iOS 9 includes a new News app (replacing the Newsstand app)
- The Passbook application was renamed Wallet
- 3D Touch, which is only available on the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, is deeply incorporated into iOS 9
Along with those Apple introduced many new and powerful frameworks, that allow you to set rules for your games, model world and even record and replay gameplay. Those new frameworks include:
- GamplayKit
- ReplayKit
- Model I/O
Also some existing frameworks were updated and received some major new functionality, such as:
- HomeKit
- HealthKit
- MapKit
- CloudKit
Compatibility
It's confirmed supported iOS 9 compatible devices:
- iPhone 6S Plus
- iPhone 6S
- iPhone 6 Plus
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 5S
- iPhone 5C
- iPhone 5
- iPhone 4S
- iPad Air 2
- iPad Air
- iPad 4
- iPad 3
- iPad 2
- iPad Mini 4
- iPad Mini 3
- iPad Mini 2
- iPad Mini
- iPod Touch 5G
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