With iPadOS 17, Apple pushes its iPad further into the MacBook, which in passing raises the question: Do we still need to differentiate between laptops and tablets in Cupertino? kwgeek brings you all the new features of iPadOS 17.
- The Health app is finally coming to the iPad
- New lock screen with interactive widgets
- Working with PDFs just got easier with iPadOS 17
Health app comes to iPad
Apple considers itself a health and fitness company. This has been emphasized throughout Cupertino’s speech. So, after years of waiting, the Health app is finally coming to the iPad.
You can now view your health data in as much detail as possible. The new health features announced for iOS 17 are of course included.
With iPadOS 17, Apple Health comes to iPad! / © kwgeek
Furthermore, since the function detection timeyour iPad should also be able to detect if you hold the device unhealthily close to your eyes. spoiler alert: Minutes later, Apple unveiled a device that parks its screen a few centimeters from your eyes.
New lock screen with widgets!
Why only now? This will undoubtedly become Apple’s secret. But anyway, with the arrival of iPadOS 17, the countless customization features of iOS 16 are coming to Apple’s tablets! So you can turn your favorite photo into a stylish wallpaper and put a personalized clock on it.
With iPadOS 17, your iPad will have even more widgets! / © kwgeek
Additionally, iPadOS 17 can now display widgets on the home screen. Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, filled his demo tablet with no fewer than six home screen widgets. So you can remotely turn lights on and off or control your music directly from the home screen.
Best of all, there’s the same real-time activity on your iPhone, so you can be sure when your pizza order will arrive.
iPadOS 17: New productivity features for iPad
Hard to believe, but true: iPadOS 17 can handle PDFs. The Apple Notes app can even contain multiple PDFs in one note. Although manufacturers avoided two-letter acronyms like the plague during Keynote: Thanks to AI, input fields in PDFs are automatically recognized and made “typeable”. So you no longer need to fill incompatible forms with annotation text.
Hard to believe, but iPadOS 17 can actually handle PDFs. / © kwgeek
Signatures can now be added to your PDF documents, either with your finger on the touchscreen or directly with the Apple Pencil or a Pencil replacement. You can even edit PDFs together in real time over FaceTime. crazy!
iPadOS 17: Other new features
- FaceTime video calls can also be transferred to an external display
- Stage manager function gets new control possibilities
- You can now run multiple timers simultaneously
Every jailbreak fan’s dream didn’t make the news at WWDC 2023. I’m talking about sideloading of apps. But really, it would be a surprise if Apple announces it with much fanfare in Menlo Park on June 5.
What do you think of iPadOS 17? Which feature appeals to you the most?
On the same topic, also read what’s new in iOS 17. Also learn how to create images with AI directly on the iPad.