Intelligence
Proactive assistance
Major OS release · iOS
iOS 9
Software history
Defining features
Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.
Spotlight search improvements
Get sports scores, weather conditions and stock prices
New iPad Features
Slide Over
QuickType improvements
Multi-Touch gestures for easier text selection on iPad
Built-in Apps
Map improvements
Foundation
Longer battery life
Other improvements
New San Francisco system font
Expanded language support
New PingFang Chinese system font
Enterprise & Education
Assign apps directly to iOS devices without needing to have an iTunes Store account configured
Accessibility
Touch Accommodations provides additional touch control for those with physical motor limitations
iPhone Software / iPhone OS / iOS
Device support
Archive-product links show the canonical products represented by this project. The full device-name list preserves the broader structured support evidence, including hardware refreshes that do not have their own archive node.
Supported archive products22 mapped products
- iPad 2
- iPad (3rd generation)
- iPad (4th generation)
- iPad Air (1st generation)
- iPad Air 2
- iPad mini (1st generation)
- iPad mini 2
- iPad mini 3
- iPad mini 4
- iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (1st generation)
- iPad Pro (9.7-inch)
- iPhone 4S
- iPhone 5
- iPhone 5c
- iPhone 5s
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 6 Plus
- iPhone 6s
- iPhone 6s Plus
- iPhone SE (1st generation)
- iPod touch (5th generation)
- iPod touch (6th generation)
Full device coverage44 device names
- iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi
- iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular (VZ)
- iPad (4th generation) Wi-Fi
- iPad (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular (MM)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi (Mid 2012)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (CDMA)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (GSM)
- iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi
- iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Air Wi-Fi
- iPad Air Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Air Wi-Fi + Cellular (TD-LTE)
- iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (1st generation) Wi-Fi
- iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (1st generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Pro (9.7-inch) Wi-Fi
- iPad Pro (9.7-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi
- iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular (TD-LTE)
- iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi
- iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular (TD-LTE)
- iPad mini 4 Wi-Fi
- iPad mini 4 Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad mini Wi-Fi
- iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular (MM)
- iPhone 4S
- iPhone 5 (CDMA)
- iPhone 5 (GSM)
- iPhone 5c (CDMA)
- iPhone 5c (GSM)
- iPhone 5s (CDMA)
- iPhone 5s (GSM)
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 6 Plus
- iPhone 6s
- iPhone 6s Plus
- iPhone SE (1st generation)
- iPod touch (5th generation)
- iPod touch (6th generation)
Support dropped at this major
No mapped archive product was fully dropped when this major version arrived.
Public releases
Public release history
Every canonical public release assigned to this major version, including the initial release and later point updates.
2015
- 9.0Initial major release
- 9.0.1Point update
- 9.0.2Point update
- 9.1Point update
- 9.2Point update
2016
- 9.2.1Point update
- 9.3Point update
- 9.3.1Point update
- 9.3.2Point update
- 9.3.3Point update
- 9.3.4Point update
- 9.3.5Point update
2019
- 9.3.6Point update