![]() Apple has updated the app switcher in iOS 9 with a new design but the same functionality. ![]() Instead of scrolling to the left to see older content, the multitasking app cards now flow right-to-left in order of most recently used. Each card is now always partially occluded by the surrounding apps, which is a change for the worse in comparison to iOS 8, but each card is also much larger than it was with the iOS 8 design. ![]() It was only introduced last year, but the Recent/Favorite Contacts bar has also been removed with iOS 9. ![]() However, there is a much-improved Handoff indicator now - it appears as a thin tab at the bottom of the screen. Simply pull upwards to open the suggested app and active Handoff. The new App Switcher may seem like an unnecessary cosmetic change, but it makes a lot more sense when seen in context. For instance, the iPhone 6s includes a 3D Touch gesture to smoothly pan between the cards which wouldn’t really fit with the old style. Moreover, it gels perfectly with the new metaphors introduced on iPad for side-by-side multitasking. iPad MultitaskingĪrguably the biggest new feature with iOS 9, Apple has added a whole new way to interact with multiple apps on iPad. There is a long list of audio formats that the software can work with which includes common ones like the MP3 and Apple Lossless audio types. Sort of like a traditional PC, you can now display two apps side by side on screen at the same time, what some would call ‘true multitasking’. On iPad Air or later, you can now swipe from the right edge of the display to open a skinny side window about the width of an iPhone. ![]()
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