All the news in iOS 9 beta 2

More than 12 hours have passed since the launch of the second beta of iOS 9 and you already know practically everything new that brings under your arm. It is true that we could still discover more news but, if so, I do not think it is too important news. Otherwise, we would have already discovered them. Among all the novelties, the new feature that will uninstall apps automatically to get space to update to the new version.

Below we detail all the news discovered in iOS 9 beta 2:

Automatic uninstall of applications

When we have the device too full, sometimes there is no space to update. Now, iOS 9 will ask us if we want to remove some applications to perform the update. The applications will be reinstalled after completing the whole process.

New podcast icon

The change is almost imperceptible to the naked eye, but the new icon now stands out more on the home screen.

The Apple Watch application is renamed just Watch

In the versions of iOS 8 and in the first beta of iOS 9, the application for the Apple Watch was called the same as the smartwatch. It is something that has changed and it makes sense: on the one hand, the name is shorter and it looks much better on the springboard. On the other hand, the Apple watch is called Apple Watch, true, but the word "Apple" should be replaced by its symbol, which would leave it in Watch, just like Pay and Music (if you see a strange icon, it is because you are not reading this article with an Apple device). I think it is wise not to include the symbol on the iOS home screen.

Improved search

The search, which "in situ" says "Search" but if we pay attention to the settings it will be called "Search", has been greatly improved in the second beta. It works much better and the suggested applications now seem to have to do with our preferences. As soon as you use the device a little, «Search» will offer us the applications that we have just opened, which means that it will learn from our habits to suggest better results. In addition, you can now search within many more applications.

Updated Low Power Mode Description

The description given in the Low Power Mode settings has been changed. In this case, it offers more information to avoid confusion I guess. It seemed to me that it was clear before, but it seems that Apple did not like its description.

Battery consumption improved?

I am noticing that consumption is not as excessive as before and I am not the only one. There are many comments from people who claim that the battery lasts longer, but this is a subject that varies a lot. With each new version, consumption is something that changes, but for what is better for some, for others it is worse.

News app added to iCloud

Currently not available outside the US. This novelty will allow us to synchronize personalized news between devices, so that we will have the same magazine on all devices. News read, pending or similar functions may also be synchronized in the same way as RSS clients.

Safari settings

Safari settings have changed. The option to block content, which is expected to reappear in future betas, has been removed and the option to show or hide the favorites bar has been added.

Modifications to the iPad keyboard

The cut and paste options have given way to two new undo and redo buttons. A really positive change, since if we select text, the buttons that were in place (cut and copy) return to their place, so we have 5 buttons in the space of 3. The paste button will always be visible.

Fixed an issue with Mail notification

A failure that practically always happened with the mail is that the notification that we had an email was not read, even after having read them all. Sometimes, entering and refreshing many times, the red balloon would disappear, but there was almost never any luck.

Handsoff appears in the application selector

photo: MacRumors

Now the Continuity Handsoff option is available again, a novelty introduced in June 2014 and which allows us to start a task with one device and continue it with another. In beta 1 of iOS 9, this feature was not available.

The button to return to a previous application (Back to «application») is now in Spanish

Something that seems silly but, once tried, you won't want to get rid of it. This is "Return to ...", which allows us to return to a previous application if it has sent us to another. For example, we receive an email that has a link, we touch it and Safari opens. In Safari we will see «Return to Mail».

Now we can't see anything from Apple Music

Not that this is a positive or negative news, but before we could see Beats 1 and even search for radio stations. In some actions we could see the options to subscribe, but nothing worked. In my opinion, it's all part of marketing.

The update information is already displayed correctly

In version 1 of iOS 9, when entering the updates tab of the App Store, the information put something like (I write from memory) "INFO_CELL" and something else. It was a bug that, instead of showing the version of the app and "News" offering us the possibility of displaying the menu, it showed us the wrong text.

Improved performance

Performance is something that needs to improve beta after beta. There is an extra fluidity, but not too much since the first beta was not bad at all. Where it is noticeable is in the response of the start button. Before it could take a while that, although it was surely little, it seemed eternal to me because I am not used to it. Now Home's answer is already acceptable.