9.3 IOS Update is Biggest in Years
The 9.3 update is the biggest update in years and goes as far as fixing sleeping habits! With this update your iPhone, iPad, and iPod, gain major improvements to Notes, News, Health, Apple Music, and a new feature called Night Shift that may just allow you to get a better nights sleep by shifting the colors in your display to the warmer end of the spectrum at night. With the update, Apple users will really appreciate the Night Shift addition and it could help fix some bad sleeping patterns. The update to Notes is rather simple and it will make a lot of people feel more secure! Many people keep some really important information in their Apple Notes and with the update, Apple users will no longer have to worry. Check out my four cool new features below to learn more about the IOS 9.3 update! For all things IOS 9.3, and alll of it's new features, please check out techradar.com. But first, here is what went wrong with the 9.3 update the first time..
Tough Go
Apple's IOS 9.3 update is the biggest in years, but also caused the most problems in years too. If you thought the IOS 9 update had it's issues of downloading, then you will not believe the problems that IOS 9.3 had. Not only did it had problems, but it had problems on almost every device possible. On March 21st, 2016 the update was released, immediately Apple started receiving bad reviews. Problems like Battery drainage, finding the Night Shift feature, missing the App store, and even completely freezing an entire device. For the complete review of all the things that went wrong with the first release of IOS 9.3 please click HERE. Apple immediately took back the update before anymore problems came about. The new IOS 9.3 update was then released on March 26th, 2016. Surprisingly enough, all these issues seemed to have been solved! All the cool new features could now be enjoyed!
Four Cool IOS 9.3 Features!
Night Shift
How many nights do you sit in bed trying to fall asleep after using your Apple device? Probably a lot. Studies show that when using your iPhone, iPad, or even Macbook, sleep patterns get really out of wack. The blue light emitted from the screen awakens our mind and obviously, when we are trying to sleep, our minds being awake is not ideal. With the update, devices will start automatically tinting the screen to warmer colors that will not keep our minds up all night. Cool right? It gets even cooler. Apple has designed technology that uses the time, and geolocation to make your screen progressively more orange tinted as night's go on. Apple has made Night Shift such a priority that it can be located by swiping up on your screen in the Control Center menu, making it fast and efficient for Apple users to control how much blue rays they have on their screen. By the time it is morning, Night Shift's technology has already turned itself off and returned the screen back to normal, so that there is no need to be taking time during your morning rush to adjust your screen. I think it is safe to say that the Night Shift update could make for one of the best additions to Apple products ever.
How many nights do you sit in bed trying to fall asleep after using your Apple device? Probably a lot. Studies show that when using your iPhone, iPad, or even Macbook, sleep patterns get really out of wack. The blue light emitted from the screen awakens our mind and obviously, when we are trying to sleep, our minds being awake is not ideal. With the update, devices will start automatically tinting the screen to warmer colors that will not keep our minds up all night. Cool right? It gets even cooler. Apple has designed technology that uses the time, and geolocation to make your screen progressively more orange tinted as night's go on. Apple has made Night Shift such a priority that it can be located by swiping up on your screen in the Control Center menu, making it fast and efficient for Apple users to control how much blue rays they have on their screen. By the time it is morning, Night Shift's technology has already turned itself off and returned the screen back to normal, so that there is no need to be taking time during your morning rush to adjust your screen. I think it is safe to say that the Night Shift update could make for one of the best additions to Apple products ever.
Apple Notes
As far as I am concerned, my Notes contain some of the most important information there is about me. The 9.3 update gives extra protection (behind the lock screen passcode) to Apple users on their private information that they contain in the Notes app. An optional passcode has now been put into place for Notes making it entirely safe to keep valuable information in the Notes app. Before the 9.3 update I have always been timid to jot down information in my Notes, but with the update, my Notes are fully protected if I were to ever lose my iPhone, iPad, or Macbook.
Apple Classroom
One of the most talked about additions coming from the 9.3 update was the Apple Classroom feature. Apple Classroom allows you to connect with your teacher and fellow students through an app. I know what you are thinking, just like Google Classroom, right? Wrong. Apple Classroom allows students to pick up their work right where they left off, within the app! Google Classroom allows you to turn in work using Google Drive, and you have to switch back and forth between it all. But Apple Classroom allows a classroom to connect and do work through one app! The only issues are that Apple Classroom is only available for school issued iPads at the moment. Any school that is not Apple Distinguished can not access this feature just yet, but I'd look for that to change within the next couple months.
Apple News
The Apple News app has been kept under the radar for quite awhile now because of the slow loading issues that it has been having, But, with 9.3, Apple has made sure they marketed it. Apple has made adjustments to get the app moving at faster speeds. With this, Apple has designed a "Flipboard" in the app personalized specifically for you. The flipboard is actually located under the "For You" tab and is made to comprehend with the users interests. It knows the users interests by asking a few simple questions that will help the technology personalize the flipboard towards the user. Neat right? The app can be viewed either straight, or in landscape mode. Apple News has been constantly foreshadowed by Samsung's easier to access flipboard intergration. I'd look fore some more revolutionizing updates to Apple News in the next update in a few months, IOS 10.
The Apple News app has been kept under the radar for quite awhile now because of the slow loading issues that it has been having, But, with 9.3, Apple has made sure they marketed it. Apple has made adjustments to get the app moving at faster speeds. With this, Apple has designed a "Flipboard" in the app personalized specifically for you. The flipboard is actually located under the "For You" tab and is made to comprehend with the users interests. It knows the users interests by asking a few simple questions that will help the technology personalize the flipboard towards the user. Neat right? The app can be viewed either straight, or in landscape mode. Apple News has been constantly foreshadowed by Samsung's easier to access flipboard intergration. I'd look fore some more revolutionizing updates to Apple News in the next update in a few months, IOS 10.