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TECHNOLOGY A23
Thursday 17 September
Smarter Siri, better battery life in Apple software update
ANICK JESDANUN window while another app
AP Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple’s uses the rest of the screen.
iPhones and iPads are get-
ting free software updates Do this by tapping an icon
Wednesday, including bat-
tery improvements and a on the lower right of the
smarter virtual assistant.
The new features and ca- video. You can move the
pabilities in the update, iOS
9, are primarily refinements video window to any cor-
rather than anything trans-
formative. But the new soft- ner or resize it by pinching
ware is still worth getting,
especially as new apps in and out. It works only
often require the latest ver-
sion to work. with a few video apps for
Apple Watch was also sup-
posed to get a software now, but more are coming.
update Wednesday, but
that got delayed because — Laptop-like controls:
Apple found a bug. A sep-
arate Mac update, known Place two fingers on the
as El Capitan, is coming
out this fall. on-screen keyboard and
Here are some things to
know about Wednesday’s start sliding around the
updates:
___ screen to move the cursor
ON THE IPHONE
Although some features around.
such as 3D Touch contex-
tual menus will require the ___
new iPhones that are com-
ing next week, existing de- HOW TO GET
vices will get:
— Battery life: Besides Back up your device and
under-the-hood improve-
ments, a new low-power make sure your favorite
mode will reduce or turn
off non-essential tasks such apps will be compatible.
as visual effects and au-
tomatic downloads. The Popular apps will likely
phone also won’t check
for new mail or update have updates right away,
content for apps in the
background as often. In this Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, file photo, an Apple employee demonstrates the new iPad Mini in but obscure ones might
— Navigation: From the San Francisco. Associated Press need more time to catch
main home screen, swipe
left to right for a new grouping by app in the set- same folder. Passbook gets customers isn’t coming up.
search screen. The Siri vir-
tual assistant suggests fre- tings. replaced by Wallet, now until November, existing When you’re ready, go to
quently used contacts
and apps and nearby — Sleeping in: If you choose that the Apple Pay pay- iPads get the new iPhone “General,” then “Software
businesses, taking into ac-
count whether it’s evening a particular song as your ment service is becoming features, along with others Update” in the settings.
or lunch time. As you jump
around from app to app, alarm sound, the song will a bigger part of Apple’s geared toward improving You need at least 1.3 giga-
some apps show a new
back button on the top left keep playing until you turn ambitions. Apple Pay will productivity: bytes of free space.
corner to get you back to
what you were doing. off the alarm or hit snooze. now work with store-brand- — Multitasking: Swipe left You also need an iPhone
— Notifications: Swipe
down from the top edge Before, the alarm automat- ed credit cards and loyalty from the right edge to or an iPad released in 2011
for missed notifications,
with the most recent on ically stops once the song cards, though it’ll be up run a second app, such or later, or an iPod Touch
top. Before, they were
grouped by app, so you ends, even if you didn’t to merchants to decide as Maps to look up direc- since 2012. Not every fea-
had to sift through weeks-
old notifications from lit- hear it. Now, you’ll hear it when they’ll start accept- tions or Notes to jot down ture will work with older
tle-used apps to find the
new ones. You can restore over and over — though ing them. reminders. The choices are models, so you might con-
that might just encourage ___ limited for now, but expect sider a new phone instead.
you to stay in bed. ON THE IPAD more developers to sup- New devices will ship
— Security: If you have a Though Apple’s larger- port that function. You can with the updates already
new device with fingerprint screen iPad Pro for business also run video in a small installed.q
ID, you’ll be asked to cre-
ate a longer passcode as Facebook ready to test
a backup, with six digits
instead of four. Because
you’ll need to enter your
button that goes beyond ‘like’ passcode less often, it
might as well be stronger.
The four-digit passcode The Associated Press
won’t change if you’re sim- Facebook may finally be
ply upgrading rather than getting a button that lets
setting up a new device. you quickly express some-
— Getting there: Apple thing beyond a “like.”
Maps gets transit directions Founder and CEO Mark
in major cities, addressing Zuckerberg said Tuesday
a major omission. In some that people have been
cities, including New York asking for a “dislike” button
and London, Apple sent on the social media site for
teams to map out subway years.
entrances for more precise Speaking at an event at
directions to and from sta- Facebook’s Menlo Park,
tions — helpful when sta- California, headquarters
tions stretch for blocks un- that was streamed live on-
derground. line, Zuckerberg acknowl-
— Gone: The Newsstand edged that “like” isn’t al- In this March 25, 2015, file photo, CEO Mark Zuckerberg
icon disappears, replaced ways appropriate for some gestures while delivering the keynote address at the Facebook
by an unrelated News ser- posts — about a tragic F8 Developer Conference in San Francisco.
vice. Go directly to the news event, for example —
Associated Press
publication’s app for your when people might want away from making a “dis- the new button is ready to
subscriptions. You can rec- to express empathy. like” button, which could be tested soon and could
reate Newsstand by put- Zuckerberg said the com- be used to vote down oth- be rolled out broadly de-
ting all the apps into the pany, however, has veered er people’s posts. He said pending on how it does.q
