There is one thing that old and new iPad users have in common: first amazement and then disbelief due to theabsence of the Calculator system app. Why can’t Apple tablets count on a tool so useful that even on the iPhone, when oriented in landscape, it becomes a scientific calculator for the most complex operations? There is an official response, provided a few years ago by a manager of the Cupertino company, but this was not enough to make the discontent go away. And not even the wave of memes on the web.
In this regard, however, there is an important novelty. In addition to the new features related to artificial intelligence and the much talked about redesign that it should bring iOS 18, Apple would be finding time to work on other things too. AtCalculator app for iPad, to be more precise. According to the latest rumors, in fact, the Californian company will enhance the app, and above all make it also available on its tablets. Finally, let’s add.
Based on what you read above MacRumorswhich cites sources close to the matter, the Calculator app will be among the new features of iPadOS 18the major update that Apple will officially present to WWDC24 on June 10.
Staying on topic, last week AppleInsider has suggested that the iOS 18 Notes app could get a new feature called “Math Notes” that will allow users to enrich their notes by “pasting” information from the Calculator app. As for Macs, macOS 15 should bring with it “a significant app update”.
Because the iPad doesn’t have the Calculator app
Interviewed by Marques Brownlee in 2020, Craig Federighi, head of Apple’s software engineering team, provided some sort of official statement on the matter. Well, according to the executive, so far the company hasn’t been able to create a great Calculator app for its iPad. He could have gotten around the problem with an enlarged version of the iPhone version, but this is not a solution in line with the company’s philosophy.
Speaking of iPad, Apple has announced an event for May 7th, 4pm in Europe. New iPad Pro and Air I’m coming? Yes, and maybe even the next generation Apple Pencil and Magic Keybord.
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