attempt to rebuild the iPad’s home
screen during the same cycle as the
iPhone’s, but now’s the time. It’s time
for a rethinking of the whole thing,
perhaps diverging even more from the
iPhone’s design than one might expect.
I think it’ll happen.
Beyond that, though, I think we
may be in a relatively quiet year for
iOS. To be sure, an enormous amount
of work will be going on under the
surface – Apple needs to improve the
flow of apps from iPhone and iPad
to the Mac, work to better unify iPad
and Mac Catalyst development, and
develop SwiftUI as the multi-platform
future of writing software for Apple
software platforms.
But to the
regular user,
I think it will
seem like a
smaller update
year. A few
unexpected
fun additions,
developer
upgrades,
and bug fixes.
After a year
like 2020, I
think it might
be wise for all
of us to focus
on healing wounds, fixing bugs and
adding as little drama as possible to
the proceedings.The next version of iPadOS could include a redesigned home screen.