25 New Tricks You Can Teach Your Old iPhone With iOS 9 - Buzzfeed Animals

Thursday, October 8, 2015

25 New Tricks You Can Teach Your Old iPhone With iOS 9

FINALLY, better battery life and a shift key that actually works.

There's a brand spankin' new operating system for iPhone 4S and up called iOS 9. If you haven't upgraded yet, head to Settings > General > Software Update or upgrade via iTunes on your computer. It's full of improvements that'll make your iPhone life so much better, and the *best* tricks are below. Just FYI: this version requires ? less storage ? for wireless updates than ever before.

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The first – and most important – thing you need to know is: there's a new *back button.*

The first – and most important – thing you need to know is: there's a new *back button.*

After clicking on a link or a notification, a "Back to [previous app]" button will appear in the top left corner.

You don't need to dive into the Settings app to enable this feature — you just have to look for it. That back button most Android fans yap about? This is it, and it may be the best iOS 9 feature of all.

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You can also open the Settings app > Battery > Low Power Mode to reduce battery consumption.

You can also open the Settings app > Battery > Low Power Mode to reduce battery consumption.

Your phone will automatically prompt you to enable Low Power Mode when the battery's at 10%, but pre-emptively turning on LPM will help your device go the extra mile. It disables looking for new email, "Hey Siri" voice activation without a connection (for iPhone 6S phones), automatically downloading app updates, and some visual effects, like the 3D-esque parallax effect on the homescreen.

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