iOS 9 Second Beta: A Closer Look at the Changes

What's up guys, Mike here from the Detroit Borg, back again with another quick iOS 9 video. This time we're taking a look at the second beta and some of the changes it brings from the first beta. One of the biggest changes is the rear appearance of handoff. Handoff had previously been eliminated completely from the first beta, so now it returns here and is available from the launcher.

To show you how this works, I'm currently looking at the notes app on my iPhone 6. It appears as a handoff on my iPad Air. If I go to another app that supports it, for example if I go to let's say the maps app, you can see it will now launch the maps app here, and it changes to the maps app, allowing me to continue where I left off. This feature is available from the launcher, making it easy to switch between apps seamlessly.

The second beta of iOS 9 also brings some significant changes to the keyboard. When using the notes app, this is now contextual, meaning it depends on what the app can do with the keyboard. For example, instead of having cut, copy, and paste as we had in the first beta, we now have undo. Undo includes redo or paste, giving users more flexibility when editing their content. Additionally, there are now checklist options available, allowing users to quickly toggle on a checklist item if needed.

There's also Rich Text editing options available from the keyboard, which can be accessed at any time. If you want to get back to your cut, copy, and paste options, simply select a word, and you'll have those options right there. This makes it easy to format text and perform common editing tasks without having to leave the app.

The search app has also been enhanced in the second beta of iOS 9. It's now much quicker and delivers more results than before. For example, if I type "Link" into the search bar, you can see it delivers results really quickly across the entire platform. This includes notes I've taken within the notes app, some contacts, Bing search results, a Wikipedia article, news items, calendar events, mail, music, and even the ability to search the web, the App Store, or search for maps.

In addition to these changes, we also get some additional options under settings for search. When you go to search, you can now toggle off certain apps so they're not visible to search. This was previously limited to Apple apps in the first beta, but is now available across all apps. Furthermore, there's an option to toggle on news, which will sync the news app across devices using iCloud. While the news app hasn't launched yet on betas, this feature is still available for future development.

Another feature discovered with the second beta but originally available in the first beta is automatic app deletion and reinstall. If you're running low on space on your phone to install the latest software update, you'll now have the option to temporarily delete apps to make room for the download. Once the update has been installed, the deleted apps will be automatically restored.

Finally, there are some other smaller changes in the second beta of iOS 9. For example, the podcast icon has changed to a more bold and simpler design, making it easier to identify. The Apple Watch app is now simply called "watch," further simplifying the interface.

Overall, these changes make iOS 9 a more user-friendly and efficient operating system. As more betas come out, we'll keep you updated on any new features or improvements that are made available. Thanks for watching, and I'll see you again in the next video.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys Mike here the Detroit Borg back again with another quick iOS 9 video this time we're taking a look at the second beta and some of the changes it brings from the first beta so one of the biggest changes is the rear appearance of handoff so a handoff had previously been eliminated completely from the first beta so now it returns here and is available from the launcher now just to show you how this works right now I'm looking at the notes app on my iPhone 6 so it appears as a handoff on my iPad Air now if I go to another app that supports it so for example if I go to let's say the maps app you can see it will Now launch the maps app here so it changes to the maps app and I can continue where I Le left off they've also made some changes to the keyboard at least when you're within the not t now this is contextual so it depends on what the app can do with the keyboard so for example instead of cut copy and paste as we had with the first beta we now have undo now undo includes redo or paste you also have your checklist options here so you can quickly toggle on a checklist item if you want and then we have our Rich Text editing options quickly available from the keyboard now if you want to get back to your cut copy and paste options just select a word here you now have these options right here so you have cut copy or paste if you want so if you want to cut this you can also paste it like so the search app has also been enhanced here it's now much quicker and delivers more results so for example if I type in Link in here you can see it delivers results really quickly across the entire platform so I get my top search hits which includes notes I've taken within the notes app some contacts Bing search also have a Wikipedia article news item calendar events mail music and I can search the web search the App Store or search for maps now speaking of search we get some additional options under settings for search so we have General if we go to search you can now toggle off certain apps so they're not visible to search uh this used to be limited at least in the first beta to Apple apps now while we're in settings there's another tweak under iCloud settings uh so we now have the option to toggle on news so basically this will sync the news app across devices so you can imagine news content you edit or change on one device will sync across multiple devices if you want with your iCloud account but unfortunately right now the news app has not yet launched on the betas another feature discovered with the second beta but was originally available on the first beta is automatic app deletion and reinstall so if you're running on a space on your phone in order to install the latest software update you'll actually get the option to temporarily delete apps to make some room for the download and once the software update has been installed it'll automatically restore the apps we also get some other smaller changes so for example the podcast icon has changed it's a little more Bolder simpler looking the Apple Watch app is now just simply called watch all right guys hope you enjoyed this quick look at some of the new changes in the second beta of iOS 9 and as more betas come out I'll keep you updated thanks for watching and I'll see you again in the next videowhat's up guys Mike here the Detroit Borg back again with another quick iOS 9 video this time we're taking a look at the second beta and some of the changes it brings from the first beta so one of the biggest changes is the rear appearance of handoff so a handoff had previously been eliminated completely from the first beta so now it returns here and is available from the launcher now just to show you how this works right now I'm looking at the notes app on my iPhone 6 so it appears as a handoff on my iPad Air now if I go to another app that supports it so for example if I go to let's say the maps app you can see it will Now launch the maps app here so it changes to the maps app and I can continue where I Le left off they've also made some changes to the keyboard at least when you're within the not t now this is contextual so it depends on what the app can do with the keyboard so for example instead of cut copy and paste as we had with the first beta we now have undo now undo includes redo or paste you also have your checklist options here so you can quickly toggle on a checklist item if you want and then we have our Rich Text editing options quickly available from the keyboard now if you want to get back to your cut copy and paste options just select a word here you now have these options right here so you have cut copy or paste if you want so if you want to cut this you can also paste it like so the search app has also been enhanced here it's now much quicker and delivers more results so for example if I type in Link in here you can see it delivers results really quickly across the entire platform so I get my top search hits which includes notes I've taken within the notes app some contacts Bing search also have a Wikipedia article news item calendar events mail music and I can search the web search the App Store or search for maps now speaking of search we get some additional options under settings for search so we have General if we go to search you can now toggle off certain apps so they're not visible to search uh this used to be limited at least in the first beta to Apple apps now while we're in settings there's another tweak under iCloud settings uh so we now have the option to toggle on news so basically this will sync the news app across devices so you can imagine news content you edit or change on one device will sync across multiple devices if you want with your iCloud account but unfortunately right now the news app has not yet launched on the betas another feature discovered with the second beta but was originally available on the first beta is automatic app deletion and reinstall so if you're running on a space on your phone in order to install the latest software update you'll actually get the option to temporarily delete apps to make some room for the download and once the software update has been installed it'll automatically restore the apps we also get some other smaller changes so for example the podcast icon has changed it's a little more Bolder simpler looking the Apple Watch app is now just simply called watch all right guys hope you enjoyed this quick look at some of the new changes in the second beta of iOS 9 and as more betas come out I'll keep you updated thanks for watching and I'll see you again in the next video\n"