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More than 30 hidden iOS 9 features that Apple didn’t really talk about during WWDC

Published Jun 8th, 2015 5:21PM EDT
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Image: 9to5Mac

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Apple on Monday unveiled iOS 9, OS X El Capitan, WatchOS 2 and Apple Music during a lengthy WWDC 2015 keynote. As long as the keynote was, however, the company wasn’t able to introduce and demo tons of new features for each operating system, including iOS 9, leaving many of them to be discovered by developers.

Though they were missing from Apple’s presentation, the company did reveal more than 30 hidden iOS 9 features that’ll be available to users and developers later this year.

DON’T MISS: The 5 best new features in iOS 9

As you can see in the image above, Apple did briefly mention some of these hidden iOS 9 features on stage, with 9to5Mac listing them as follows:

  • OCR accessory setup
  • Search extensibility
  • Audio unit extension
  • VPN plugin extension
  • Swift 2
  • Map customization
  • Direct document
  • UI Testing in Xcode
  • Notification actions
  • Third party notifications
  • Sensor profile
  • App thinning
  • Motorized windows profile
  • Flyover and Walkthrough
  • New Health data types
  • Code coverage
  • Gaming APIs
  • Automated shades profile
  • Layout guide
  • Shortcut bar
  • Objectoriented Contacts
  • New multitasking APIs
  • New HomeKit profiles
  • iCloud open in place
  • Home security profile
  • Storyboard references
  • App transport security API
  • Stack view
  • Wireless CarPlay
  • HomeKit iCloud remote access

For the rest of the news from Apple’s WWDC 2015 keynote, visit our WWDC 2015 hub!

Chris Smith Senior Writer

Chris Smith has been covering consumer electronics ever since the iPhone revolutionized the industry in 2008. When he’s not writing about the most recent tech news for BGR, he brings his entertainment expertise to Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and other blockbuster franchises.

Outside of work, you’ll catch him streaming almost every new movie and TV show release as soon as it's available.