iOS 9, is Safari snappier for real?

[matrix07]

No kidding. The first thing I noticed after installing iOS 9 on my iPad Air 2 is Safari is actually snappier. It loads much faster. It's like iOS 8 Safari on steroid.

But I don't remember Apple had boasted about Safari performance in Keynote, like I remembered when they did on Mavericks. Did they talk about Safari numbers? Or all these are simply the effect of content blocking?

 

[Mefisto]

It indeed feels faster and more responsive, and even more so with a content blocker installed (obviously).

But even without blockers, the sporadic reloads and basically every other problems I had (however small) have practically vanished. Granted my personal use case is not exactly what some would call "heavy", but for me it's working splendidly.

I don't remember them singling Safari out in the Keynote either, but it must be due to the other under the hood optimizations. Or something else, I really don't care as long as it works!