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Apple is finally bringing the long-awaited iPhone feature to the iPad

Everyone is only talking about the iPhone and the upcoming system update to iOS 17. In the end, iPadOS 17 should change even more for Apple’s iPad. The popular tablet should finally get a long-awaited iPhone feature that will significantly shape its appearance.

If you want, you can lock screen customize his iPhone with iOS 16 very much. Various themes and fonts are available, as are the useful lock screen widgets. If you want, you can also create several designs at once and switch between them as you wish.

But with the iPad with iPadOS 16 all this is not yet possible. Although the tablet is based on the iPhone system, Apple simply “forgot” this feature and iPad users have to do without it – very unfortunate.

Possible with iPadOS 17: Individual lock screen like on the iPhone

This should change with iPad OS 17. With the upcoming update, Apple finally intends to do that too Fully customizable iPad lock screen with iPhone style to do (source: @analyst941 via MacRumors).

So far only available for the iPhone:

The new lock screen in iOS 16

At present, iPad users are not able to customize the lock screen. As a result, one remains Most of the screen is simply unused. A point that is even more important given the size of an iPad display.

If the source is right, this will change soon. The users can then look forward to it the following “tuning options” Regarding the lock screen:

  • Lock screen widgets
  • Wallpapers like photo blend, emoji and weather
  • Photo tints and styles
  • Background image depth effect
  • Clock style customization
  • Lock screens associated with focus modes
  • Wallpaper gallery

More features than previously thought

Initially, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 were only considered minor updates in insider circles, just pure optimization. But now there is a growing realization that Apple ends up delivering a lot more features.

Rumor has it that the update will feature a new control center, interactive widgets, a new diary app and a so-called “mood tracker”. This should serve to capture the mood of the user. If you have an iPad, you can also look forward to the adaptation of the health app. This was previously reserved for the iPhone alone.

Important for Europeans: we will soon be able to install apps without using the App Store, “sideloading” is no longer a dream.

Apple will give us a first look at iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 on 5th June at the keynote at the WWDC (developer conference). Then at the latest we will find out how correct the predictions made so far were.

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