During its WWDC, Apple announced the new operating system set to grace their mobile products. As expected it’s called iOS 9, and it’s more of an evolution of the software than a revolution.

Arguably the biggest feature is Apple Proactive. In response to Google Now, Apple Proactive now enables Siri to save meetings from  emails, look up numbers through your email if an unknown number calls you, and even open up the now playing list should you plug earphones in.

Siri also works better with photos now. Saying something like “show me photos from Cape Town last year” will bring up exactly that. It’s more about convenience than changing the way we use our phones, but it’s a nice touch.

A new app, simply called “News”, measures what you search and read for most, and it puts updates or similar articles into one feed. It constantly changes to show you the most relevant features. If you don’t read an article it recommends for you, it won’t show you similar ones.

Notes has been improved. You can now add check-lists, drawings, and even pictures from your gallery. Notes is also improved to work with more apps. You can now share a link from Safari straight into the app, as well as saving Maps and even full documents. The notes are also synced between your devices using iCloud.

The iPad has been improved to support true multitasking. Similar to Multiwindow on Androd, Splitview allows you to watch a video while taking down notes or browsing the internet at the same time. iOS 9 also comes with Slide Over, which opens up an app on top of the one you already have running, if you need to respond to a text or change the song that’s playing.

The battery life has been improved over iOS 8 too. Apple promises one extra hour of battery life, as well as a low power mode that could help you get through those last few hours of work when your phone is on 20 percent. Apple has also improved their update system. iOS 9 is only 1.3 gigs, easily beating iOS 8’s whopping 4.6. And the updates now stream to your device, instead of downloading the whole thing. Apple hasn’t given a solid release date for iOS 9, but they promised the free update will launch in the third quarter of the year.