In addition to the main new features of iOS 18, iPadOS 18 will introduce a new navigation interface for applications and inaugurate a calculator application which will make the Apple tablet a formidable tool for learning mathematics.
Apple has just officially revealed the upcoming program for the next version of the iPad operating system. And let’s just say it straight away, the program is busy. Because in addition to the main new features inherited from iOS 18, the iPad introduces a certain number of new features, some of which should particularly appeal to mathematics enthusiasts.
New features common with iOS 18
As with every major update, iPadOS inherits a certain number of features in common with iOS. iPadOS 18 is no exception to this rule, and will allow you to add effects to your messages or even send emojis in reaction to the messages you receive.
The iPadOS 18 Photos application will also benefit from the same facelift as that carried out on iOS 18 as well as all the new features associated with the Control Center which now features several settings pages.
Above all, the interface of iPadOS 18, like that of iOS 18, can be even more personalized. You will be able to customize the icons of installed applications, in particular by modifying their color.
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A new navigation interface in Apps
For iPadOS 18, Apple has imagined a completely new app navigation scheme. The new version of the OS thus inaugurates a new floating tab bar designed to facilitate navigation in the different parts of an application while leaving room for the content displayed. The Cupertino company took the example of the Apple TV application on which it is possible to open the side menu bar directly from the tab bar. The latter is also completely customizable.
You will be able to add sections that you access frequently to reach them more easily without having to open the entire side menu. But this new behavior is not restricted to this application alone.
Apple has in fact explained that it has extended it to applications throughout the OS. With this new navigation system, exploring documents in applications like Pages, Keynote or Numbers should be even simpler. And to brighten up the sometimes rather uninviting interface of certain applications a little, Apple has decided to introduce new, more fluid animations when opening a file, or previewing documents with the Glance function For example.
Screen sharing via SharePlay is gaining ground
SharePlay, the functionality that allows you to share content live with a loved one will be enhanced. Under iPadOS 18, Apple plans to give a boost to the screen sharing function, often used by users to help a loved one with their device. It will thus be possible to draw or annotate directly from your screen, the screen of your correspondent, allowing you to show him the button he must press for example. You can also request authorization from your correspondent to remotely control their iPad or iPhone to control it and, why not, carry out your maintenance operations.
The iPad, the new mathematical prodigy
If the iPhone has had a Calculator application since the very first version of iOS (iPhone OS in 2007), this has never been the case on the iPad. This also earned Apple some ridicule, as the absence of such a simple and essential application on a tablet lacked logic. Finally, this (too) long wait for an official Calculator application in iPadOS will have been rewarded. iPadOS 18 will officially integrate a Calculator, but a rather very advanced model of this type. Expected since the very first iPad model, the iPadOS 18 Calculator risks making all alternative calculator applications look like gadgets. Because Apple has decided to pull out all the stops. The iPadOS 18 Calculator is indeed on another level than anything we have known until now. The Californian company explained that it wanted to exploit the originality of the iPad, with an app that makes it easier to practice math. And the demonstration made by Apple seems rather convincing.
Apple therefore started from the original iOS calculator to adapt it to the iPad screen, nevertheless adding a host of new features. It thus inherits a calculation history as well as a unit converter. But to benefit from all the power of the application, it is better to have an Apple Pencil. Apple’s Magic Pen, which allows you to take handwritten notes and draw on the tablet, transforms, when used with the Calculator, into a real magic wand.
The Apple Pencil is, a priori, the sine qua non condition for accessing the new Math Notes module integrated into the Calculator. Concretely, the iPadOS 18 Calculator includes a note-taking application specially adapted to handwriting mathematical calculations. You will be able to write classic operations or pose complex equations by writing them by hand on the tablet screen. iPadOS 18 will automatically display the result after you write the = sign. Best of all, the result obtained will automatically update if you change any of the values or unknowns, or simply modify the operation.
The Math Notes feature obviously supports scientific functions, and will even allow you to use multiple variables in a calculation. Variables that you can adjust as desired to see the results update automatically, with even the possibility of generating a graph relating to the function entered. The Mathematical Notes function is not limited to the Calculator alone since you can also benefit from it in the classic Notes application.
Smart Script improves your handwriting
If you’re used to taking handwritten notes using your Call Pencil on your iPad, the Smart Script feature in iPadOS 18 should be of particular interest to you. With Smart Script, Apple’s goal is to provide greater fluidity to your handwritten notes.
To do this, the function will first take care of improving the rendering of your writing as you write. Thanks to a machine learning model, Smart Script will harmonize the shape of your letters to make your prose neater, more regular and more readable. You can also copy and paste text with your handwriting and even apply spelling corrections live, just like with text entered on the keyboard.
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