iPadOS 14 presented: new app designs, Apple Pencil features and more
from David Haydl 
on June 22, 2020, 19:48 pm | 🔥 popular | Write a comment
Last year Apple showed iPadOS 13, giving the tablet its “own” operating system. Now there is a new version. What does this entail?
Some apps on the iPad have a newer, more modern design. These include, for example, the music app and the files app. The sidebar in particular now looks a lot more minimalistic in these two apps. There are also innovations for the iPad home screen. The widgets of iOS 14 also find their way here.
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Siri & calls
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Siri has got a new and more compact design for iOS 14. Apple has also transferred this to the iPad. The same applies to incoming calls. These are now displayed as a compact pop-up.
Apple Pencil
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The Apple Pencil is especially for the iPad Pro practically. Apple has given this some new features. You can now write in a text field and the input will be automatically converted to text. Apple calls this Scribble. Shapes can now be easily created in apps like Notes – just hold down the pen and the drawing will be corrected. It is also practical that what has been written can now also be copied as text.
Search
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There is now a new search that can also search documents on your iPad. This works, for example, with documents from “Documents”, “Keynotes”, Mail and many more. Contacts and web searches can also be started directly, simply write or type with the pen.
Availability
The first developer beta of iPadOS 14 is available starting today. The public beta will come in July. The final version will be released in autumn for the following devices:
- 12,9 inch iPad Pro (first to third generation)
- 11 inch iPad Pro (first and second generation)
- 10,5 inch iPad Pro
- 9,7 inch iPad Pro
- iPad (fifth to seventh generation)
- iPad mini 4, iPad mini 5
- iPad Air 2, iPad Air 3
