WWDC 2024: iPadOS 18 Is Official With a Calculator App, Finally!

Jun. 10, 2024

With iPadOS 18, AI or as Apple calls it, “Apple Intelligence” is coming to the iPads. The most exciting thing about iPadOS 18 is probably the addition of anin-builtcalculator app. For years, iPad users have been wanting one. Now, not only do they get it, but the calculator app comes with a few tricks up its sleeve. For starters, it’s compatible with the Apple Pencil.

There’s this newMath Notesfeatures integrated within it, which lets you solve equations with the app. This seems like an excellent feature that will come in super handy for students. The feature extends to the Notes app as well.

Talking about the Notes app, iPadOS 18 brings a newSmart Scriptfeature to it. This feature automaticallyfixesyour handwriting as you ApplePendown notes on the go. It supposedly makes it more legible. According to Apple, the feature uses a powerful “on-device machine learning style” to do so. In simpler words, AI.

That’s not it though, as you can now see anew floating tab barwithin apps, that give you easy controls for them. You can navigate to the homescreen easily, search for something within the app with one tap, and more.

TheFreeform app now has Sceneswhich let you organize your board more precisely. Not to mention that you can easily send acopyof your Freeform board for anyone to open it on their device.

Besides, iPadOS 18 also takes a couple of pages out of the iOS 18 update book and bringshome screen and control center customization. Most importantly, third-party apps will be able to use Control Center integration. Basically, Android’squick togglesbut for iOS!

You can place any app icon or widget anywhere on your iPad’s home screen. As for the Control Center, it’s now swipe-able, and also lets you resize icons as well as decide their location.

The Photos app has also received a design makeover, providing you with an additional Recent Days tab. The Photos library now automatically organizes your photos to make them easier to find, instead of just a cluster of photos.

iPadOS 18 also bringsscreen-sharing to SharePlaywhich allows iPad users to control other iPads. I’m guessing this will come in very handy for parents to keep atabon their kid’s iPad usage.

Dark mode now extends to app icons and widgets, bringing a stealthier and sleeker UI look to your iPad.

Moreover, with the addition of a dedicatedGame Mode, with iPadOS 18, we finally see Apple taking gaming seriously. Oh, also, if you are unaware, Assassin’s Creed Shadows is coming to the iPadOS as well later this year on November 15. Recently, Assassin’s Creed Mirage also made it to the platform very recently, so this is much welcome.

Sagnik is a tech aficionado who can never say “no” to dipping his toes into unknown waters of tech or reviewing the latest gadgets. He is also a hardcore gamer, having played everything from Snake Xenzia to Dead Space Remake.