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iPadOS 15 SUPERGUIDE
Mac Life
|February 2022
With iPadOS 15, your iPad is smarter, more useful, and more fun than ever before
WITH IPADOS 15, APPLE has given the world's best V V very significant upgrades. tablet operating system some Productivity features that were previously only available on the iPhone are now on your tablet too, and you'll find that everything from productivity apps to privacy protections have been given important improvements.
iPadOS 15 is about making your iPad work the way you want it to. Home Screen Widgets can completely customize the information you get, the App Library can make it easier to organize and access your apps, and the improved multitasking features make it easier to work with multiple apps at the same time. Streamlined Notifications are much easier to manage, and the new Focus mode enables you to decide who and what can contact you at different times and places. Ultimately, all of these upgrades make the iPad more user-friendly.
Some of the new features are dramatic, such as the redesigned tabs in Safari, the new Quick Note feature and the ability to set up shared listening and viewing parties in FaceTime. Others are more subtle, such as the privacy improvements in iCloud+, and the ability to customize your memories in Photos. But whether you use your iPad for work, for school, for creating things or for keeping yourself entertained, the improvements here will make you love your iPad even more.
Which devices will work with iPadOS 15?
If you have one of the following iPads, you can run iPadOS 15 - although some features require specific hardware, so for example Live Text in Photos requires an A12 Bionic processor or later.
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th generation)
iPad Pro 11-inch (1st, 2nd and 3rd generation)
iPad Pro 10.5-inch
iPad Pro 9.7-inch
iPad (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th generation)
iPad mini (4th, 5th and 6th generation)
This story is from the February 2022 edition of Mac Life.
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