All iPadOS improvements and differences compared to iOS 13

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Apple launched iPadOS a few days ago and it's about iPad's first exclusive operating system. It is true that at the moment it shares many functions with iOS 13, but there are some new features of iPadOS that are worth telling. That is just the beginning of the road for iPadOS and these are all the differences it has with iOS 13.

All iPadOS exclusive improvements

Apple has developed an exclusive system for its iPad that arrives with exclusive news that are not available in iOS 13, these are the best ones that you can start using as soon as you install iPadOS.

Home screen renewed

It is the first thing you will notice, now you can choose the size of the icons of the iPad and if you choose the small ones see much more information on screen. In the left area we will have a new panel with fully customizable widgets that will show us very useful information.

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New multitasking

iPadOS comes with many improvements in multitasking that will help us be more productive. The first one is related to Slide Over, that floating window in which we can have any app and now have your own multitasking.

Slide over iPadOS

But besides that, with iPadOS we can have two tabs of the same app open at the same time, for example two notes or two documents. And finally we also have a new view called App Exposee in which all the tabs that we have open of the same app will appear.

iPadOS multitasking

Safari the same as on the Mac

Apple has decided that Safari on the iPad always shows the desktop view by default and is a joy for us. Navigating with an iPad is exactly the same as doing it with a computer. In addition Apple has included a very complete download manager in Safari so you can download and manage any file.

Improvements in the Apple Pencil

The first big news is the latency of the Apple Pencil, which was already very good, about 20 ms, or milliseconds, but that Apple has managed to reduce to just 9 ms. This will be noticed when writing and drawing.

Apple Pencil

But in addition to this the Apple Pencil now includes new features, as does a screenshot by simply dragging from any lower corner, and Apple has given developers more options to improve their compatibility in apps.

Mouse support arrives

It is true that it is a function shared with iOS 13, but perhaps make a lot more sense on iPadOS and probably nobody uses it on an iPhone. The mouse is already compatible with Apple systems as an accessibility option that we can use in any situation and with any app.

We can choose the pointer size and color and select what options we want to assign to the right terminal. To configure it correctly we recommend that you go through our tutorial in which we show you all the details of using a mouse with iOS 13.

Other news from iPadOS

These have been the most important news of iPadOS, but there are many more that may go unnoticed but are also interesting.

In addition to all these functions, iPadOS includes many that we have already seen in iOS 13 as Dark Mode, greater speed and security of the system, improvements in applications such as Photos and much more.