46 MACWORLD AUGUST 2021
iOSCENTRAL i PADOS 15WIDGETS
Apple introduced a completely redesigned
Home Screen with widgets in iOS 14, and
it’s finally bringing them to the tablet. They
function much as they do on the iPhone
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that live among the icons on your screen
and provide at-a-glance information about
things like weather, photos, and stocks.
Widgets have been available in a side
menu, but with iOS 15 you can place them
anywhere on the Home screen just as you
can on iPhone.
There’s a new extralarge widget size
class for the iPad, and a bunch of new
widgets like Contacts, Find My, Game
Center, App Store, and Mail.
Smart Stacks get more intelligence,
and can add suggested widgets based on
your past activity.
APP LIBRARY
Another iOS 14 feature
that didn’t make it to
iPadOS 14 is App Library
(fave.co/3h8J5dv), and
now it’s coming to iPadOS
- Apple is letting users
delete app from the Home
screen and reorganize
app pages just like they
do on the iPhone, as well
as see an overview of all
of your apps by swiping
past the rightmost screen. To make it even
easier to get to the App Library, Apple is
also building a shortcut right in the dock,
so you’ll be able to access your apps no
matter what screen or app you’re in.MULTITASKING
Multitasking on the iPad has been
somewhat confusing since it launched in
iOS 12, and Apple is simplifying things in a
big way in iPadOS 15. For starters, a new
multitasking menu up at the top of the
screen makes it easier for iPad users to
discover multitasking and use Split View
or Slide Over. Instead of a complicated
and somewhat opaque gesture system,
you’ll be able to access the various
modes at a tap.
When you want to use two apps at the
same time, Apple has also made it easier