Widgets, wayward and wanting . Another iOS 14 feature that made it to the iPad a year late—for reasons I don’t quite understand—is proper Home Screen widgets.

My iPad screen is bigger than the one on my MacBook—it deserves to host a home screen that’s got more functionality and density than the one the iPad has suffered with for its entire existence.

If you remove all icons, the button will just take you directly to the iPad Home Screen. You can reset this at any time. And it’s that simple to get the iPad home button on the screen.

How to remove or rearrange widgets on the iPad's home screen. Once you've added some widgets, they're easy to rearrange — and even delete, if you want to get rid of them. 1.

The middle of the display, where the date was previously shown, is left open, perhaps for a future notch. Prior to iOS 12, the iPad's status bar did not show the date, so that's also a new addition.

What's more, you can create as many website links as you like and arrange them on your iPhone or iPad Home screen, just like you would with regular apps. Here's how it works.

Apple reveals iPadOS for iPad with a new home screen, multitasking improvements, and more. Another step toward laptop-like tasks. Another step toward laptop-like tasks. by Tom Warren.

Although the app works with iOS 12 or later, iOS 14 is required for using the new Home Screen widgets. Add 9to5Mac to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.