iPhone Apps on iPadOS 15 Now Run in Landscape

[MacRumors]

As spotted on Reddit, iPhone apps running on iPadOS 15 now run in landscape orientation rather than in portrait, as previously on iPadOS. This means that popular apps such as Instagram that have yet to release a native iPad app can run in landscape mode, with black bars on either side.

Users can continue to use the app in portrait mode if they wish, but the default has been switched to opening in landscape or whichever orientation the iPad is in when first opening the app.

Alongside this new change, iPadOS 15 also features the ability to place widgets anywhere on the Home Screen, improvements to multitasking, and more. iPadOS 15 is currently in beta testing and will ship to all users alongside iOS 15, watchOS 8, macOS Monterey, and tvOS 15 this fall.

Article Link: iPhone Apps on iPadOS 15 Now Run in Landscape

 

[fenderbass146]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

 

[macsplusmacs]

very nice.

 

[deannnnn]

I love black bars.

 

[Droobiemus]

Such innovation. 🙄 Next, years later, in iPadOS 18, the OS will automatically recognize when it's a smaller iPhone app, and auto adjust the size to be full screen. 🙄

 

[esposimi]

It's embarrassing that Instagram still does not have a native iPad app

 

[fwmireault]

An other excuse for Instagram to not make a native iPad app

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

So many hidden feature. Keep them coming.

 

[javigarrido]

Wow, what a killer feature! This is the future!

 

[tonie walker]

…why hidden feature? should be presented by one of the apple employees, this is a huge update 😆

 

[macfacts]

I love black bars.

Tablet optimized, hahahahha

 

[cmaier]

At long last, our national nightmare is over.

 

[Techwatcher]

Better than nothing.

 

[donotfold]

Finally

 

[[AUT] Thomas]

I applaud Apple for this extraordinary achievement. No other company could have delivered such an innovation in that short timeframe.

Next big step would be support variable resolutions on the iPad... Maybe we can get that for 2030...

 

[macduke]

I want iPhone apps for slide over.

 

[@meinertzhagen]

It was long overdue!

 

[bsamcash]

It blows me away that this is just now a feature.

 

[0-0]

Finally. We now need to allow more than 1 audio to play at once on ios15 and some sort of split screen multitasking

 

[joecomo]

I love black bars.

Welcome to innovation: and with the Mini-LED now, they are "really" black

 

[Apple_Robert]

Wow, what a killer feature! This is the future!

I know you are being sardonic but, it is a nice feature that we should have had several releases ago, in my opinion.

 

[joecomo]

they could offer iPhone Apps as a widget - make the best out of the small UI and the big iPad Screen

 

[kiensoy]

They are doing that just now because of the annoyance of having the iPad attached to the magic keyboard.

 

[Anson_431]

This alone is already enough to persuade me to get the beta version of iOS 15 on my iPad 😂

 

[GhostRaider]

So this allows the iPhone app to run in side view Or slide over?