With iOS 9, 'Hey Siri' gains a new setup process tailored to your voice

Starting with next week's launch of iOS 9, users will be prompted to speak a series of commands once enabling "Hey Siri," making the intelligent personal assistant more adept at understanding a person's unique voice.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 39

Apple releases iOS 9 GM to developers ahead of Sept. 16 release

Following a huge special event on Wednesday, Apple released the golden master build of iOS 9 for developer testing ahead of an announced public launch date on Sept. 16.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 12

Apple finds difficulty recruiting AI experts thanks to tough user privacy stance

Apple has reportedly set about massively expanding its team of data scientists and artificial intelligence experts, but has found it tough to recruit top minds in the field as the company's privacy policies prevent researchers from getting access to valuable user data.

Sam Oliver 10 years ago 90

Google offers 'short term fix' to help ad publishers bypass Apple's iOS 9 security protocol

Google on Thursday informed developers of a five-line bit of code crafted to sidestep Apple's upcoming App Transport Security encryption feature in iOS 9 by creating HTTPS exceptions, which could in some cases block mobile ads from appearing.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 81

Apple outs iOS 9 Maps transit data sources, new business listing aggregators

In a change to its Apple Maps Acknowledgements webpage, Apple revealed an initial list of data providers used to populate the upcoming transit mapping feature in Maps for iOS 9, as well as two new aggregators of business listings.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 11

AT&T Wi-Fi calling starts rolling out for some iOS 9 beta testers

AT&T on Tuesday started to rollout iPhone Wi-Fi calling support for devices running the latest beta version of iOS 9, with a number of users across the U.S. reporting successful activation of the new feature.

Mikey Campbell 10 years ago 15

iOS 9 poised to be 'game changer' as ad blocking already costs publishers $22B yearly

With this fall's release of iOS 9, Apple will allow users to natively block content in mobile Safari for the first time — a change which at least one study believes will be a "game changer" in an industry that already costs publishers more than $20 billion per year.

Sam Oliver 10 years ago 93

New iOS 9 public beta prompts users to install iCloud Drive app

Apple's dedicated iCloud Drive iOS app for managing cloud assets, introduced with the first developer iOS 9 beta in June, is being advertised as ready to install on public beta builds released on Thursday.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 17

Latest iOS 9 betas automatically detects, switches away from weak Wi-Fi signals, adds AT&T Wi-Fi calling

Two small but critical additions to the new iOS 9 betas released on Thursday include "Wi-Fi Assist," a feature built to prevent iPhones from latching onto poor Wi-Fi connections, and Wi-Fi calling for AT&T network customers.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 34

Apple seeds fifth iOS 9, watchOS 2 betas to developers, third public iOS 9 beta [u]

Apple on Thursday released a fifth beta of iOS 9 to developers, arriving a little over two weeks after the previous one. The company simultaneously released a matching beta of watchOS 2.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 15

TestFlight gets support for iOS 9 features, improved notification options

Apple on Wednesday updated its TestFlight beta-testing app with support for various iOS 9 features, while also giving users more control over incoming notifications.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 0

Inside iOS 9: Notification Center streamlined with app alerts sorted by date, Apple Watch battery widget, new iPad view

A number of small but significant tweaks to the Notification Center in iOS 9 have made Apple's catch-all drop down menu more useful and efficient, including an easier way to remove all app notifications on a daily basis.

Neil Hughes 10 years ago 8

How to enable Home Sharing in iOS 9 beta

With the latest iOS 9 beta restoring full support for Home Sharing, here's how to toggle on the feature that allows streaming music and video from computers connected to the same local Wi-Fi network.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 4

Apple releases second public betas of iOS 9, OS X 10.11 El Capitan

Apple on Wednesday provided members of its public beta program with new versions of both iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 El Capitan, marking the second versions of the publicly available pre-release software.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 31

Beta testers can no longer post app reviews in prerelease iOS versions

It appears that Apple is disallowing iOS 9 beta users to submit app reviews — positive or negative — with the latest build released on Tuesday, a feature that was becoming an increasingly irritating thorn in the side of developers since Apple opened its public beta program earlier this year.

Mikey Campbell 10 years ago 42

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