

Swiping in from the lower right corner summons a new note that floats above whatever apps you’re using. As Apple’s Craig Federighi said during last month's WWDC keynote, Notes are now a “system-wide” feature.

The other new feature that could fundamentally change the iPad experience is Quick Notes.
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All that, plus the apps in my dock, make this the prime place to go when I need to get things done.

I have a widget showing recent notes in the “work” folder, another with Reminders (also specifically from my work group), an Apple News widget showing the latest tech news, and widgets for Google Calendar and Gmail. For example, my work screen only has six app shortcuts (Drive, Docs, Sheet, Trello, Slack and LastPass), but the variety of widgets I have installed provides glanceable info and easy access to a lot of tools. It took a little work, but I’ve now hidden the apps I don’t use as much in the App Library and now have five home screens curated for work, entertainment, games and so forth. I’m glad Apple did this, because it makes your iPad’s home screens far more customizable than before, something sorely needed on a big-screen device. Both widgets and the App Library came to the iPhone last year, and it was surprising that they didn’t arrive on the iPad until now. You can also select which apps you want to show on the Home Screen and stash the rest in the App Library, an auto-organized place to find everything you’ve installed on your iPad. As with last year’s iOS 14, iPad users can now pin widgets anywhere they want. The most obvious change in iPadOS 15 is that widgets have come to the Home Screen. With that out of the way, let’s dig into the new features. Unless you're extremely curious, I'd wait for a few more beta versions to be released before giving it a shot, unless you can put it on a back-up iPad. (Examples: my cursor doesn’t always move to the search field when I summon it, and the last few letters of my messages are sometimes cut off when using the app in Slide Over.) It’s nothing deal-breaking, but it’s noticeable, particularly when I use my iPad for multiple hours at a time.
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I’ve generally been able to use my 11-inch iPad Pro without any issues, but apps occasionally crash and throw me to the Home Screen interacting with notifications doesn’t always work and there are various other hiccups here and there. Apple’s public betas are generally pretty reliable, and that’s true here, too. But first, a note about that beta status.
