Special iPad Features

The iPad technically no longer runs iOS, but rather a new operating system called iPadOS. They’re mostly similar, but iPadOS offers a few unique features.

Pin Today View on the Home Screen

In iPadOS, you can pin the Today View on the Home Screen so that you don’t have to swipe to bring it up (Figure 33).

Figure 33: You can access your widgets directly from the Home screen in iPadOS.
Figure 33: You can access your widgets directly from the Home screen in iPadOS.

To pin Today View to the Home screen, go to edit the widgets in Today View—see Wrangle Widgets—and flip the Keep on Home Screen switch.

You can choose two widgets to always keep at the top of Today View by dragging them to Pinned Favorites. ...

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