As the days go by and we learn more about the new Apple operating systems, iPadOS 17 is one of the fairest updates of all. Do you want to know their top news? Let’s analyze it below.
iPadOS 17, more of the same
Before getting fully into this article, it is important to remember what the devices compatible with this generation. Specifically, the iPad Pro from the second generation onwards; the third-generation iPad Air, the sixth-generation iPad and up, and the fifth-generation iPad mini.
- Interactive widgets: Now we will be able to execute actions from the widgets without having to enter the notifications, such as listening to audio from the music widgets. This feature is also available in iOS 17
- Lock screen: from the lock screen, we will be able to access the wallpaper lock screen and choose the wallpaper that we like the most. Apple has launched new wallpapers, such as kaleidoscope-type backgrounds. We also have new astronomy wallpapers, where in addition to the earth, we have other planets of the solar system and they look quite, but quite good. We can also customize the type of time and its thickness, just like we can do with the iPhone 14 Pro.
- Widgets on the lock screen: you can add widgets to the lock screen, and that, they have presented it as a novelty, and that they could have included it perfectly last year.
- Live activities: live activities are now available in this version, where you can activate various timers and see them on the lock screen of our iPad. A function similar to the iPhone.
- Health app: the new health app. This function allows you to see all the health sections in a single preview, taking advantage of the entire panel that iPads have and that, on iPhones, when designing expanded designs, you have no choice but to reduce their size.
- Fill in automatic fields: When we’re resealing a PDF, the iPad is able to identify those padding spaces and power them to fill in automatically, just like it happens on the Mac. This functionality is also compatible with files that you scan from the iPad’s camera.
- Notes App: You can open a pdf in the notes app and expand the pdf to its maximum. The PDF of this new version allows us to expand the documents in order to be able to read them quickly and add annotations. Also, if we modify this PDF on the Mac, it will also be affected on the iPad and vice versa.
- Connection to external monitors: With iPadOS 17 you can connect an external monitor to iPad and have it be the primary camera source. Undoubtedly, one of the most interesting novelties
News twinned with iOS 17
iPadOS 17 is a sister version of iOS 17, Therefore, many of the novelties that the iPad have are also found in the iPhone and vice versa. One of the most interesting is the redesign of the possibility of send files through the Messages app and, it is simply, now we can give it a “+” icon and we will be able to add or create Sticker.
Another novelty is the concealer automatic and advanced writing that allows you to predict what you are going to write in the rest of the message. These functions are also inherited from the iPad and you will be able to use them
