A new iOS 9 feature added in beta 1 was only discovered when users attempted to update to beta 2 earlier today. This new feature will allow the operating system to intelligently delete applications if you don’t have enough free space to perform a software update. Once the update is complete, the apps will automatically be reinstalled and your data will remain intact.
Clever feature. I would say ‘something for Android to adopt’, but then I remembered I’m an idiot.
I don’t know why you call yourself *idiot*. Don’t know (either) why you link to a page showing Android version adoption. I think I know what you intended [make a pun on *adoption* having old versions is not possible] but that has a basic flaw that makes it useless as comparison [Android hardware is created by not just a single company, so upgrade policies blaming are to be applied to other companies apart from OS creator].
Anyway, why would anyone think *feature* to waste my phone bandwidth which is limited and make overpaid for more GB? Let’s hope it doesn’t remove things like games that are 1GB-2GB data… What a nice… *feature* you call it?
Edited 2015-06-24 06:27 UTC
Don’t be ridiculous. It would more than likely be seamless and would happen over WIFI. Apple doesn’t support updating your device without a computer without WIFI. Firstly because it would not download the update over cellular and secondly the installer then phones home to activate as part of the process. I assume that it would then hold off on re-installing the apps if you chose the not be in WIFI range. But as the phone should probably be plugged in whilst updating to ensure it doesn’t run out of power, it all seems a little unlikely. YMMV though.
The iPhone doesn’t perform huge updates over a mobile connection, so this is only really an issue if you are really tight on space. Regardless, if it is as intelligent as it suggests, then I reckon it could make sure to only delete as much as it needs.
If I had a suggestion for Apple, it would be that they delete music first (if the person has the iTunes Match). It can’t be that hard to figure out the music least accessed, and delete that first, and then re-download it once the update is completed.