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iOS 9 Hidden Features: Settings Search, Selfie Folder, Home Sharing for Music, Go Back to App, and More

WOW, so is the screenshots folder included in the final release??? This is HUGE for me!
Now I'm wondering... does the folder recognize older (pre-iOS 9) screenshots after the update, or will only house screenshots taken after the upgrade to iOS 9?
 
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kcirtap00 said:
I have to say, the battery widget is probably the most useless thing I've ever seen. If you're curious what your battery is at, look slightly higher past the widget to the top right of your iPhone's screen.
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The percentage is kind of handy. But I agree with your sentiments.
 
kcirtap00 said:
I have to say, the battery widget is probably the most useless thing I've ever seen. If you're curious what your battery is at, look slightly higher past the widget to the top right of your iPhone's screen.
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I don't even think you can use it unless you have a Watch.
 
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girafficorn said:
Don't forget about the ever helpful "pull down to go back" when viewing photos/videos. You used to HAVE to tap the "Back" button on the top left when viewing a photo/video to go back to the album view, and now you can simply swipe it down like the Facebook/Tumblr/twitter apps.
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You could also "pinch out" with two fingers, but if they really added the swipe down gesture to Photos I'm gonna celebrate all night! I always tried that without luck, coming from apps like FB and Twitter...
 
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kiwidesign said:
WOW, so is the screenshots folder included in the final release??? This is HUGE for me!
Now I'm wondering... does the folder recognize older (pre-iOS 9) screenshots after the update, or will only house screenshots taken after the upgrade to iOS 9?
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Yes it does as there are screenshots from my iPhone 3G in there.
 
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More "hidden" features not mentioned here:
  • You can do math and conversions in spotlight, look at sports scores, stock quotes, and more
  • You can add attachments to emails from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, etc
  • You can use share sheets in different apps to create a note
  • Proactive features, like reacting when you plug in headphones, making calendar events automatically based on emails, and more
  • Turn flash on and off during a video recording
The video had an inaccuracy: Low power mode adds up to an additional three hours of battery life. By default, iOS 9 adds up to an addition one hour of battery life—even outside of low power mode.
 
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macduke said:
More "hidden" features not mentioned here:
  • You can do math and conversions in spotlight, look at sports scores, stock quotes, and more
  • You can add attachments to emails from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, etc
  • You can use share sheets in different apps to create a note
  • Proactive features, like reacting when you plug in headphones, making calendar events automatically based on emails, and more
  • Turn flash on and off during a video recording
The video had an inaccuracy: Low power mode adds up to an additional three hours of battery life. By default, iOS 9 adds up to an addition one hour of battery life—even outside of low power mode.
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Good stuff, thanks. These days I'm not as eager to dig into new versions of the OS as I used to be. These updates are helpful otherwise I would probably never know about them.
 
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I'm fairly sure my devices are going to live in low power mode. There seems to be no real difference in my experience with it on.
 
thelookingglass said:
Good stuff, thanks. These days I'm not as eager to dig into new versions of the OS as I used to be. These updates are helpful otherwise I would probably never know about them.
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No problem. This time around iOS 9 seems lighter on features, but when you dig in, there are actually lots of little things that make the experience much better. And for the record, I'm fine with lighter features if they improve the performance, battery life and stability. All around a solid upgrade year over year. Dare I say this release could be of iOS 6 caliber? Perhaps.
 
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ArtOfWarfare said:
No, Apple said it was an accident that it was included in the initial betas.

I call BS, though. They pulled it because the 6+ lacked enough distinguishing features. It makes no freaking sense - the feature works fine with the 2 finger gesture on the iPad and iPhone - why arbitrarily require 3D touch to activate it just on the iPhone?
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How does this feature work (on the new phones which support it)?
 
What about doing away with the 25K song limit in iTunes Match and Apple Music? It was supposed to be done away with when iOS 9 was released.

Don't tell me Eddy misspoke! Say it ain't so, Eddy!
 
Did they fix the audiobook chapter titles (i.e. to show the title like ios6 instead of chapter1 chapter2, etc.) and in chapter scrubbing yet?
 
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JAT said:
What about some real help? Like whether 9 will break wifi or cellular connection this time, and an estimate on the release of 9.0.1 to fix that?
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Wifi cellular assist is already causing me issues. The TWC tv app thinks you're on a VPN when the cellular assist kicks in.
 
Notes:

For anyone that uses "Hey Siri" you have to turn it on again. Updating turns it off.

Apple turns back on "Use Cellular Data" for Playback and Downloads under Music settings, I had it off before updating.

Podcasts turns on "Delete Played Episodes", before I had this set off.
 
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