The introduction of iPadOS/iOS 13 in 2019 was a landmark one for Apple because it split the operating system into two versions, one for iPad and one for iPhone. As usual, there were plenty of headline new features, like Dark Mode, improvements to Siri, the new Find My app, and beefed up security and privacy.
However, there were also a raft of features that didn’t make the headlines but which all help make both operating systems easier to user, more powerful, and more reliable, as well as, importantly, more fun. Some are under the hood and you may never know they’re there, others more visible but tucked away in settings or menus, waiting to be discovered.
Despite the split into two operating systems, many features, including the new ones in…
