Several improvements for Apple's operating systems were presented during WWDC 2019. But one in particular made its debut: iPadOS was specifically designed for the Apple tablet, as can be guessed from the name.
Craig Federighi, Apple's software development head, was speaking. The senior manager explained the news about iPadOS that will now better adapt to the features and specific needs of iPad users who may have different needs than iPhone users.
iPadOS: designed for iPad and multitasking Multitasking and the possibility of exploiting the large display were given more emphasis in iPadOS. Starting from home, this has been redesigned to show more apps on the same screen and it is possible to better manage widgets keeping an eye on fast information such as weather, stock exchange, calendar, etc. Still talking about multitasking, iPadOS allows the user to work on two or more files within the same application. This allows you to be edited for those dealing with different documents with a more organic and better structured work. Obviously, the Exposé App can then be used to switch from one app to another or to get an overview.
In response times from 20 ms to 9 ms, Apple Pencil is even faster, ensuring a user experience closer to that of real paper pencils. Thanks to iPadOS, web pages, documents, emails can be sent by scrolling from the corner of the screen with Pencil.
Even the tool palette has been revised: this allows you to access both old and new useful creative tools (and there is no shortage of more accurate rubber and a ruler).
iPadOS now supports flash drives and improves cloud integration, but iPadOS also provides new ways to manage iPad and beyond files and documents. Improved support for iCloud Drive for folder sharing is available thanks to the new version of the File app. USB drives (such as keys), SD cards or SMB servers are also supported.
File also has a column display high resolution preview mode. PDFs can also be created, pages rotated and notes marked faster. Then iPadOS adds new keyboard shortcuts support.
iPadOS has a new "desktop class" Safari browser that enables you to overcome browser limitations designed for iOS and smaller smartphone screens. This means that the site's desktop version will be shown, but the touch will be optimized. A new download manager, keyboard shortcuts and improved tab management are also available.
Text editing on iPadOS is even quicker. It will be possible to cut a part with the new gestures, "take it" with a new three-finger gesture and move it to another part of the document. Improved text selection but also the ability to reduce the keyboard size to make it usable with one hand (as on a smartphone) using QuickPath as well.
The "dark mode" that enables you to reduce eye strain in dark environments could not be missed on the iPadOS. Custom character support is also available that can be used in all apps. The new Photos app allows you to highlight the best pictures of a series of similar photographs and show past events ' "memories."
Do not miss the authentication support via Apple ID that should ensure better data protection and privacy. Maps are also updated, introducing similar solutions to Google's StreetView counterpart.
Thanks to iPadOS, they also improve overall system performance. For example, Face ID is faster to recognize the user by giving faster access to the iPad, reducing the size of the app by 50 %, while updates are reduced by 60 %.
The final version of iPadOS will arrive this fall. Now beta has started the public preview campaign that will gradually define how the operating system will actually be. The iPad Air 2 (or later) is supported by all iPad Pro, fifth generation and later iPads and iPad mini 4 and later.