Apple announces iOS 9, to be released later this year

Apple today, announced the next version of iOS, iOS 9. The tech giant is focusing on making it smarter and more powerful, starting with a major upgrade to the Siri virtual assistant.

Siri now has a feature called Proactive that can offer app suggestions and more based on context such as time of day or location. It's a lot like Google Now, Google's version of the virtual assistant, telling you how far away your next appointment is based on traffic or starting music when you plug headphones into your phone. This new feature lets it see what apps you have on your phone and suggest useful ones based on what you're trying to do. Apple says that Siri can also look into your inbox to ID incoming calls that aren't in your address book. All of this is wrapped into a new user interface for Spotlight that appears when you swipe down on a home screen in iOS.

The operating system upgrade comes with a new app, News, where you can get news feeds from your favourite news channels.

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