The shocking truth about Proactive intelligence in iOS 9

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Working alongside Siri, Apple’s iOS 9 flagship feature Proactive tries to work out what you want to do next. It then tries to support and help you do what you want to do.

Proactive will do things like:

• If you call a contact at a regular time on a regular basis, Proactive will start placing the contact’s icon in your Search screen at around the time it thinks you might make that call.
• If you visit the gym regularly and like to play music there, you’ll see a Now Playing dialog appear in the lock screen (or when you connect your headphones) when you get to the gym.
• If a call comes in from an unknown number that is contained within an email you have received, iOS 9 lets you know who might be calling.
• If a call comes from an unknown landline number that isn’t included in any email, Proactive will tell you where that number originates.
• If you receive an email containing reservation information (flight, restaurant, event) iOS 9 will create a suggested Calendar event for you.
• If you begin to write an email to multiple recipients iOS 9 will suggest other people you usually include in similar groups.
• Proactive will learn to display relevant real-time traffic updates and an estimate of how long it will take you to reach your destination.
• Use your iPhone in your car? When you connect up to your vehicle, Siri will ask if you want to continue listening to the thing you were listening to last time you drove.

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