Before I answer that question, let’s take a look at what’s included in the update!
Apple iOS 9.2 Update
Today’s release includes a long laundry list of improvements and fixes. The Safari browser features a major update to the view controller and its interaction with third party apps. Instead of being limited to Apples own extensions, third party apps can now be added. AT&T users can now accept calls on any device through the NumberSync Wi-Fi calling feature.
This update also contains the following improvements and bug fixes:
Apple Music improvementsYou can now create a new playlist when adding a song to a playlistYour most recently changed playlist is now listed at the top when adding songs to playlistsDownload albums or playlists from your iCloud Music Library by tapping the iCloud download buttonSee which songs have been downloaded with the new download indicator next to each song in My Music and PlaylistsSee works, composers, and performers while browsing Classical music in the Apple Music catalog
A new Top Stories section in News so you can stay up to date with the most important news of the day (available in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia)Mail Drop in Mail for sending large attachmentsiBooks now supports 3D Touch to peek and pop pages from the table of contents, your notes and bookmarks, or from search results inside a bookiBooks now supports listening to an audiobook while you browse your library, read other books, or explore the iBooks StoreiPhone support for the USB Camera Adapter to import photos and videosImproved stability of SafariImproved stability of PodcastsFixing an issue that caused mail attachments to be inaccessible for some users with POP email accountsResolving an issue for some users that caused attachments to overlap text in mailFixing an issue where Live Photos could have turned off after restoring from a previous iCloud backupAddressing an issue that could cause search in Contacts to display no resultsResolving an issue that could have prevented Calendar from displaying all seven days in week viewFixing an issue where Camera screen on iPad could be black when attempting to capture videoAddressing an issue that could cause instability in the Activity app when viewing the day of Daylight Savings Time transitionFixing an issue that could prevent data from appearing in HealthFixing an issue that could prevent Wallet updates and Lock screen alerts from displayingAddressing an issue where updating iOS could prevent an alarm from going offFixing an issue where some users were unable to login to Find my iPhoneFixing an issue that prevented some manual iCloud Backups from completingAddressing an issue where using the iPad keyboard could unintentionally trigger text selection modeImproved keyboard responsiveness when using Quick ReplyImproved punctuation input on the 10-key Chinese (Pinyin & Stroke) keyboards with new expanded view of punctuation symbols and better predictionsFixing an issue on Cyrillic keyboards where caps lock would be enabled when typing in URL or email fields
Accessibility improvementsFixing issues with VoiceOver when using Camera face detectionAdding support for VoiceOver to wake up the screenAdding support for VoiceOver to invoke app switcher with 3D Touch gestureFixing an issue with Guided Access when trying to end phone callsImproved functionality for Switch Control users when using 3D TouchFixing an issue with speech rate of Speak ScreenSiri support for Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)
Apple’s previous update iOS 9.1 included superficial improvements such as:
Live Photos now intelligently senses when you raise or lower your iPhone so that Live Photos will automatically not record these movementsOver 150 new emoji characters with full support for Unicode 7.0 and 8.0 emojis
If you want to know how to get more out of using your Apple device with iOS 9, check out our article here.
It’s also worth noting that Apple released updates for other platforms today including OS X, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. With today’s update to the new Apple TV, the Remote app finally works — which was a big complaint about Apple’s new set-top box. Our very own Steve Krause in fact has left his new Apple TV in the box until this feature was released…. (such as drama queen…). Anyway — Back to our question of “Install it or Skip it?”, with all the new enhancements and bug fixes included in this update, my reccomendation is to definitely move forward with the install. As you can see from my screenshot above, the udpate is fairly small (under 300 megs) however, despite its size, be sure to connect your device to power before you start the update. Thanks in advance and more power to you guys! :) Comment
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