It sounds unbelievable, but it is true. After 14 whole years and while many believed that this day would never come, the Apple is probably getting ready to add its official Calculator app to iPads!
Yes, for some inexplicable reason, while it’s very simple in theory, Apple had never added its own Calculator to the iPad. This is one of the applications that were released together with the first iPhone back in 2007.
When the original iPad debuted in 2010, several of the original iPhone apps were missing, including Stocks, Clock, Voice Memos, and Weather. Over the years and the upgrades of iPadOS, however, all these apps came one by one to the company’s tablets. Everything except the Calculator. Of course, there are plenty of third-party apps that fill the void, but still the absence was curious.
Now, as MacRumors reports, Apple may finally be bringing Calculator to iPads through the iPadOS 18. It should be noted that we may not be dealing with a simple transfer of the existing iPhone application, but with an upgraded version.
Apple is planning a revamp of the Calculator app for macOS 15, adding history to track past calculations, resizing the window, and a new look. So, since the iPad and macOS versions of many of Apple’s apps now share a lot of code, it’s reasonable to assume that this redesigned Mac app and the new iPad app will be practically the same.
Of course, until Apple officially opens its papers on the future of its software at WWDC 20024, we cannot be sure of what it is preparing.
