Apple just brought the long-awaited iPadOS 16 in the WWDC 2022 keynote speech, and finally brought the weather app that everyone is thinking about, and improved for multitasking, of course. Includes tons of new features on iOS 16.
It is reported that the new iPadOS 16 supports front-of-stage scheduling, and fully supports external displays. You can now collaborate through messaging apps, as well as major updates to mail and Safari browsers, iCloud shared library, and reference mode and zoom display, etc. Professional features.
One of the most important new features of Apple iPadOS 16 is "collaboration". Users can now add people to collaborate in real-time on specific applications such as the iWork suite, Safari, and third-party applications.
It is worth mentioning that Apple will also introduce the Free Form feature in the future, which the company says is "great for brainstorming". In addition, Apple is providing a weather application for the iPad, and the company will also launch an API for weather data.
Just like iOS 16, iPadOS 16 can also add widgets to the lock screen interface, or use background images to adjust the depth of field, and more, bringing a fresh lock screen design to iPad users.
With the arrival of iOS 16, Apple has also added a ton of new wallpaper options to the new iPadOS wallpaper library, as well as new unlock animations.
For those who love Messages, iPadOS 16 brings three main features: editing messages, "Undo Send", and the ability to mark messages as unread.
The following is an interpretation of the iPad 16 content on Apple's official website:
Apple today released a preview of iPadOS 16, bringing major updates to the iPad and a more flexible and versatile experience. The pre-stage scheduling function fully utilizes the strength of the M1 chip, bringing a new multitasking experience through multiple overlapping windows and full support for external displays. The Messaging app brings new ways to collaborate, working with others across apps, making collaboration easier than ever, and a new collaboration app provides a flexible canvas for brainstorming. New tools in the Mail app can improve user productivity, Safari has added shared tab groups to browse the web with others, and the browsing experience has become more secure due to the use of passkeys. The new Weather app takes full advantage of the iPad's stunning display, and the Live Text feature now recognizes text in video. Professional features, including reference mode and zoom display, make iPad an even more powerful mobile studio. Combined with the performance of Apple's chips, iPadOS 16 makes it faster and easier for users to get more things done with their iPads.
"The iPad is the most versatile device we've ever released, and we're excited to further enhance it with iPadOS 16," said Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering. The former scheduling function, or a new way to share and collaborate through the messaging app, the Safari browser and a new collaboration app, or the new professional function reference mode and zoom display, all allow users to do more with the iPad. Task."
New ways to share and connect on messaging apps
New features in the Messaging app make it easy for users to collaborate and manage shared content across apps, whether it’s from Files, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, Notes, Reminders, Safari, or a third-party app , is not a problem. After a user sends an invitation to collaborate through the Messaging app, the user in the conversation is automatically added to a document, spreadsheet, or project to share. If someone makes changes in the shared document, everyone will see the update at the top of the message thread. When users are working on collaborative projects, they can easily start relevant conversations in the messaging app, and start a FaceTime call with co-collaborators with one tap.
The following is an interpretation of the iPad 16 content on Apple's official website:
Apple today released a preview of iPadOS 16, bringing major updates to the iPad and a more flexible and versatile experience. The pre-stage scheduling function fully utilizes the strength of the M1 chip, bringing a new multitasking experience through multiple overlapping windows and full support for external displays. The Messaging app brings new ways to collaborate, working with others across apps, making collaboration easier than ever, and a new collaboration app provides a flexible canvas for brainstorming. New tools in the Mail app can improve user productivity, Safari has added shared tab groups to browse the web with others, and the browsing experience has become more secure due to the use of passkeys. The new Weather app takes full advantage of the iPad's stunning display, and the Live Text feature now recognizes text in video. Professional features, including reference mode and zoom display, make iPad an even more powerful mobile studio. Combined with the performance of Apple's chips, iPadOS 16 makes it faster and easier for users to get more things done with their iPads.
"The iPad is the most versatile device we've ever released, and we're excited to further enhance it with iPadOS 16," said Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering. The former scheduling function, or a new way to share and collaborate through the messaging app, the Safari browser and a new collaboration app, or the new professional function reference mode and zoom display, all allow users to do more with the iPad.
New ways to share and connect on messaging apps
New features in the Messaging app make it easy for users to collaborate and manage shared content across apps, whether it’s from Files, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, Notes, Reminders, Safari, or a third-party app , is not a problem. After a user sends an invitation to collaborate through the Messaging app, the user in the conversation is automatically added to a document, spreadsheet, or project to share. If someone makes changes in the shared document, everyone will see the update at the top of the message thread. When users are working on collaborative projects, they can easily start relevant conversations in the messaging app, and start a FaceTime call with co-collaborators with one tap.
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| Information App brings users a new way of efficient collaboration. |
iPadOS 16 makes everyday texting even better. Users can edit or recall messages just sent, restore recently deleted messages, and mark conversations as unread for later1. In addition, users can now use the Messaging app for simulcast sharing, just select a shared activity, such as watching a movie, watching a drama, exercising, or playing a game, and then they can chat in the Messaging app while sharing the fun.
A new collaboration app creates a real-time collaboration space
A powerful new collaboration app that allows users to view, share and collaborate in one place through a flexible canvas, without worrying about layout and page size, while fully supporting the use of Apple Pencil. Users can see other people's changes as they add content or make edits, enjoying real-time collaboration. A new collaboration app will be available in iPadOS later this year that lets collaborators start collaboration in a FaceTime call, and lets them see other people's progress in shared information conversations.
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| A new collaboration app fully supports Apple Pencil, allowing users to view, share and collaborate in real time on the same flexible canvas. |
Mail app launches new tool
The new tool launched by the Mail app makes it easier for users to improve efficiency. Users can cancel a message shortly after it is sent so that it doesn't reach the recipient's inbox2, schedule messages to be delivered at the most suitable time, and move sent messages to the top of the inbox to quickly send follow-up emails. Users can also use the Reminder Later feature to choose to redisplay a message at any particular date and time, and be alerted if important information such as attachments or recipients is missed. In addition, the new search function can obtain more complete and accurate search results through input correction, synonym association of search terms, etc., and display more contacts and shared content for users.
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| The new search function launched by the Mail App can get more relevant, accurate, and complete search results, and show users more contacts and shared content. |
Relive Memories with the New iCloud Shared Library
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| Family members can smoothly share photos through the iCloud shared library and relive more complete memories. |
Safari welcomes new collaboration and security features
Users can share a collection of websites on Safari with friends and family through shared tab groups, making it easy to add tabs while viewing what others are currently browsing.
iPad welcomes weather app
Tailor-made for the beautiful screen of the iPad, the Weather app has beautiful animations to take full advantage of its superior display capabilities. With just one click, users can view the most critical weather information, as well as precipitation, air quality and temperature through the map. Users will be notified when severe weather alerts are issued in their area, and can also view air quality levels by color coding.
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| The Weather App is available on iPad, and users can get detailed weather information with just one click. |
Live Text ushered in a powerful update
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| Users can use the live text function to pause the video on any frame, interact with the text in it, and translate the text content or convert currency. |
Professional features are more handy for complex workflows
The new and powerful features in iPadOS 16 make iPad Pro an indispensable tool for creative professionals. Reference Mode enables the color performance of the iPad Pro with the 12.9-inch Liquid Retina XDR display to meet the demands of workflows such as review, color grading, and compositing where color accuracy and image quality are critical.
The zoom display function, driven by the powerful performance of the M1 chip, allows users to increase the pixel density presented on the display to view more content in the app, which is especially useful when viewing split screens. Using virtual memory swapping, iPad expands available memory for all apps, providing up to 16 GB of memory for performance-hungry apps, making multitasking seamless.
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| Reference mode keeps workflows consistent across multiple devices, making iPad Pro an indispensable tool for creative professionals. |
Front-stage scheduling, full support for external displays brings powerful multitasking capabilities
Front-end scheduling can automatically organize apps and windows, make switching between tasks fast and easy, and bring a new multitasking experience. For the first time on iPad, users can view overlapping windows of different sizes in a single view, drag and drop windows from the side, or open apps from the Dock to create app groups for faster, more flexible multitasking. The window of the app in use by the user is always centered, and other apps are listed on the left according to the most recent use time.
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| Users can create overlapping windows of different sizes on the iPad through front-end scheduling, drag and drop windows from the side, or open apps from the program dock to create app groups. |
Front desk scheduling now fully supports external displays, and users can use up to eight apps at the same time to configure an ideal workspace.
Additional features in iPadOS 16
Dictation brings a new on-device experience that lets users switch between voice, touch, and scribble with Apple Pencil. Users can type on the keyboard or write with Scribble, and can tap text fields, move the cursor, and insert quick input prompts without stopping dictation. Dictation also includes the ability to automatically add punctuation and dictation emojis3.
Siri's new ability to automatically execute shortcuts requires no setup. Users can insert emojis into messages through Siri, and after enabling the feature in settings, skip the confirmation step when sending messages. Siri can now handle many types of requests offline without an internet connection, allowing the user to hang up by saying "Hey Siri, hang up"4.
The Home app has been redesigned to make it easier to browse, organize, view and control smart home accessories. At the same time, it supports the new smart home standard Matter5, which is compatible with accessories from different platforms to work together, bringing more home accessories choices and wider interoperability, while ensuring the highest degree of security.
New features in various desktop apps optimized for display on iPad, from system elements and interaction modes to a variety of new features available on Mac, including consistent undo and redo across systems, redesigned find and replace , a customizable toolbar, the ability to change file extensions and view folder sizes in the Files app, and more.
The Notes app automatically organizes handwriting to create clearer notes for users, encrypt personal notes with iCloud passwords, insert screenshots in Quick Notes, and use powerful smart folders and filtering to further organize notes.
FaceTime Handoff allows users to start a FaceTime call on one Apple device and then seamlessly transfer it to another nearby Apple device. When transferring to another Apple device, the Bluetooth connection of the headset is transferred at the same time, making the call smooth.
New accessibility tools include Live Captioning for FaceTime calls6 and a new Amplifier7 mode, which describes the surrounding environment in greater detail; hover text functionality that allows users to easily read input boxes, menu bars, and Text such as button labels; VoiceOver and Speak Out features new support for over 20 languages; and many more great features.
Later this year, Game Center will introduce a redesigned Dashboard, where players can see what their friends are playing, as well as their achievements and top scores across games. Additionally, through simulcast sharing, players will be able to automatically start multiplayer games with friends during a FaceTime call.
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| Home App makes it easier for users to control, organize and view accessories, and control smart home devices. |
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| The new features of the desktop app are optimized for display on the iPad. |
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| The door detection of the amplifier app can use the lidar scanner to describe the environment around the user in more detail. |
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| Game Center will introduce a redesigned Dashboard, where players can see what their friends are playing, as well as their achievements and top scores in each game. |
The iPadOS 16 Developer Preview will be available to Apple Developer Program members at developer.apple.com/cn starting today , and the Public Beta will be available to iPadOS users at beta.apple.com next month.
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