What’s new in iPadOS 18? The new version of the system will take iPads to limits never seen before, taking them one step further to become your everyday device for studying, working, and having fun. Let’s see all the changes!
iPadOS 18 brings you many surprises : the experience of using the iPad will change in a way that you will not want to go back. Let’s review all the new features of iPadOS 18 with the new Calculator application or improved assistance among others.
What’s new in iPadOS 18
Notes with audio transcription and handwriting recognition
Notes is now even more powerful with iPadOS 18: you can write freehand and AI will improve your penmanship in real time. It will be as if you always wrote the way you know best, but without the effort and time it would take to do so.
You can also paste digital text into a handwritten paragraph to watch it magically turn into text written in your own handwriting. It sounds like magic, but it’s part of the new artificial intelligence features in iPadOS 18!
New Calculator App
Did you think the Calculator app would just slip into iPad? Calculator is able to recognize your handwriting and solve math equations and operations that you write by hand. Studying math will be a piece of cake! You can even generate graphs of math functions by just writing the formula freehand within the app.
SharePlay with remote control
No more endless phone calls full of instructions to help a family member in need with their iPad. Thanks to the new SharePlay features, you can see the screen of a family member or friend’s iPad and paint over it to clearly indicate what they need to do.
And that’s not all: SharePlay in iPadOS 18 will also let you take control of your friend or family member’s iPad to control it remotely, teaching them how to solve that problem they would never have solved on their own. Remote assistance is now easier than ever!
All the new features of iOS 18, including
In addition to these new features, iPadOS 18 also includes all the new features we already showed in iOS 18 :
- Ability to arrange your home screen icons and widgets however you like.
- Dark icons and the option to “paint” them any color you want to make your iPad unique.
- New Passwords app to better manage your most secret information.
- Game mode to get the most out of the iPad’s power in your favorite games.
- New interface design in the Photos app.
- New Control Center with more sections and the possibility of organizing buttons.
- Ability to hide apps and lock them with Face ID.
iPadOS 18 Compatibility
iPadOS 18 is compatible with the following iPad models:
- iPad (7th generation models and later).
- iPad mini (5th generation models and later).
- iPad Air (3rd generation and later models, including iPad Air M2 ).
- 11-inch iPad Pro (all models, including M4 iPad Pro ).
- 12.9-inch iPad Pro (3rd generation and later models, including M4 iPad Pro ).
Please note that some iPadOS 18 features may be exclusive to only newer iPad models.
When is iPadOS 18 coming out?
iPadOS 18 is available to try out today as a beta if you’re part of the developer community, with a public beta planned for July. The final, stable version will be released for free to everyone around mid- to late September , with some new features coming later.
Remember that in addition to iPadOS 18, you can also find out about all the new features of iOS 18 , which is full of surprises! We’re already counting down the days until its global launch at the end of summer.