Apple announced that future iPads would come with iPadOS 18 , which means they would include Apple Intelligence , a redesigned Photo app, new notes features, and new messaging functions. The new OS 18 also brings a calculator app to the iPad for the first time.
The app looks a lot like the iconic orange-and-white calculator users have long seen on the iPhone. But it also comes with a new, iPad-only feature called Math Notes, in which users can write down math problems with the Apple Pencil, and the app will help solve them.
Based on Apple's demo, the app appears to come with some cool features.
According to the tech giant, users can use the whiteboard-like tool to solve algebraic equations, calculate a budget, and create graphs from text "with just one tap." Math Notes will automatically be accessible in the Notes app.
The app also has a history function to view past calculations and a feature that converts heights, weights, and currencies.
But it's unclear if the new OS 18 features will boost sales for the tablet, which can cost up to $3,000 . iPads made up only 6% of Apple's total sales, according to the company's last earnings report in May, while the iPhone made up more than half of sales.
Apple "did exactly what they needed to do , which is show the world that they mean business when it comes to AI," Gene Munster, a managing partner at Deepwater Asset Management, said.
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