For years now people have always complained about how Apple forces its users to upgrade to new devices every one or two years because they will end the product support after certain period of time, but looks like that is about to change. The latest reports are saying that Apple is looking on improving the quality for its next generation mobile operating system, iOS 9, and might bring back support for older devices.
According to sources from 9to5Mac, Apple wants to focus more on improving the security and stability for iOS 9 rather than introducing new features. There might be a few new features, but they want to hold back on those, and deliver a more stable operating system to users. Some of the security features include Rootless, iCloud Drive and Trusted Wi-Fi.
Rootless is a new security system that will be coming to OS X and iOS. It will prevent malware, increase the safety of extensions, and provide better security for sensitive data. Don’t get too excited yet though, Rootless is bad news for the jailbreak community for iOS.
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As for iCloud Drive, Apple wants to make things more secure for its cloud service. It will sync its core apps such as Notes, Reminders and Calender with iCloud Drive to offer better end-to-end encryption and faster syncing compared to traditional IMAP servers. The last security feature mentioned by 9to5Mac is a new “Trusted Wi-Fi” feature that allow Macs and iOS devices to connect to authorised wireless routers without any additional security measures, though, this feature might be pushed back to next year’s iOS release.
Finally, good news for iPhone 4S and iPad mini users, the upcoming operating system is reported to be able to run on older devices. So far, iOS 8 has not been friendly to older devices, and Apple is going to change that. How? Instead of packing everything into the next OS update for these devices, Apple will be removing a handful of features that do not perform well during testing. This will mean that there’ll be less features, but it’ll have a lighter OS for everything to work better.
Check out 9to5Mac for more information about iOS 9 as well as the next generation OS X update.
(Source: 9to5Mac)
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