Andrew O'Hara
Apple mostly touted the benefits of iOS 12 on the iPhone during the two-hour WWDC keynote, but that doesn't mean the iPad was overlooked. We've found 24 iPad-specific features that you may have missed.
One of the most talked about areas for the iPad was the new iPhone X inspired gestures including accessing the app switcher, invoking Control Center, jumping between apps, and going to the Home screen.
Photographers are also going to love the improvements to the photo import process, which has remained largely unchanged for years.
Watch the AppleInsider deep-dive video to see all the changes for yourself.
- Redesigned status bar with space in the center
- Date included in iPad Status Bar
- Swipe up to go to Home screen
- Swipe to go Home from the Lock Screen
- Swipe up to hold to access app switcher
- Swipe down on top right to access Control Center
- Control Center removed from App Switcher
- Quick switch between apps
- New Stocks app
- New Voice Memos app
- News has redesign
- Books has redesign (and new name)
- Updated Screen Recording Interface
- Trackpad cursor mode by holding on space bar
- Photo import and manage RAW photos on your iPhone and iPad and edit on your iPad Pro
- Photo import can show as an overlay above your other apps
- Photo import location can be changed
- During import, will sort photos that have already been added and put into a different section
- During import, progress circle is displayed. Tapping it gives you a counter
- Preview full-screen photos
- Improved import speed (especially with USB 3.0 reader)
- Photo counter and storage amount are displayed on the top right
- Context selection on second spotlight invocation using Smart Keyboard (or others)
- Editing camera photos options in Messages app, no effects
Dig deeper into iOS 12 with the AppleInsider roundup video highlighting well over 150 changes.
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13 Comments
I understand that the top left “iPod” and “iPad” was just a holdover from the iPhone’s system where it shows you your carrier, but geezaloo this is a long time coming getting rid of that. Showing the date makes me think about the iPad replacing laptops… just a little.
Can the 1 finger gestures be disabled individually?
Happy to see the "swipe up" gestures for iPad. It was annoying to go back and forth between iPhone X and iPad.
Will look great on the new iPad Pros with no home button and Face ID, hopefully!
Trackpad cursor mode looks like an interesting feature. I wonder if it's related to the various DF articles and pontifications about iPad needing more work on focus or mouse capabilities.
I think those iPad changes will be particularly beneficial to iPhone X users’ workflow, and I assume users of future iPhones. I really like the control centre access.
What I would have liked the most though, as someone who uses an iPad Pro for work, would have been expanded capability of the files app. Specifically that is for my purposes local and remote access to MS servers, or at home, NAS and the other computer’s files.
Also, 29,985 unread emails on your iPad Pro!