iPadOS Is Coming and Will Bring More Innovation

Soon, Apple will break the iPad out from iOS. In the coming, iPadOS, the tablet will get its own operating system based off the iPhone, but focused on doing more with the bigger screen and power of the iPad.

iPad will still get updates like the iPhone.

A tighter grid of icon, pin your widgets on the home screen.

Multitasking – slide over like usual, but drag from the bottom and all your slide over windows will be there. or slide along the bottom to quick switch.

multi-windows on iPad. Use multiple windows of the same app in split screen.

App expose – see all the instances of your app windows open.

Files

New column view

Folder sharing in iCloud Drive!

USB drives will be able to work in Files app!

Import photos directly into apps like lightroom.

Safari

Desktop class browsing to Safari on iPad. You’ll see the desktop site instead of the mobile site.

Works great for Google Drive, wordpress (woohoo).

Download manager.

Fonts

Install custom fonts

Text editing

grab the scroll indicator and scroll anywhere.

put your finger down and slide to select text.

three finger pinch to copy, go the other way to paste. Three finger swipe to undo.

pinch keyboard to shrink and move it.

Apple Pencil

9ms latency

redesigned pencil toolbar.

Swipe up with Pencil to enter markup screen

If this guide was useful, I have more iPad coverage over at the iPad hub — reviews, guides, and everything else I’ve written about the platform in one place. And if you want to stay up to date, the weekly newsletter is the best way to do it.”