No more handoff in app switcher?

I haven't tied out the beta (waiting for public beta), but I do hope apple fixes this.

 

Are you running iOS 9/OS X El Cap on all your devices? May just be that Handoff isn't working. (Of course, ignore this if it does work from the lock screen)

 

You are correct, we will no longer be able to get to handoff on that screen. Apple has something planned for that screen - Proactive Siri. You also make a very good point, it's more cumbersome to get to handoff if we have to lock our devices in order to access it.

 

Check the release notes, it's in the known issues section

 

It's in the release notes.

 

He is referring to the leftmost screen in the App Switcher, not the home screen. On the home screen, not the app switcher, the new Search page will be the leftmost screen.

 

Ah, thank you for pointing that out, I happily stand corrected. I feel much better about Handoff now being that I have become accustomed to using it. I seem to remember the search function being to the left of the home screen in a previous version of iOS.. glad it's being returned.

 

It was useless anyway.

 

Maybe it'll be on the right hand side after the home screen, same as iOS 8, but on the opposite side as the multi-tasking switcher now works in the opposite direction.

 

I do think the implementation was poor.

 

I would have used a similar style as seen on OSX where the icon appears on the dock. This would be possible on an iPad but I'm unsure as to how it would be done on an iPhone with the limited dock size.

My issue with the existing/previous position in the multi tasker was that it took two button presses then a swipe to the left which seems like a lot? It all feels a bit 'out of the way'.

Just my opinion anyway.

 

I find it handy when it applied. Problem was that support by developers was very poor, imo.

 

I like the idea of handoff in the dock, why not make the dock scrollable when handoff is available. Don't know how you'd tell the user that it was available but just scroll left to get the handoff app open

Or put it in the new proactive search screen?

 

It is back in Beta 2