5 Widgets That Have Made iPadOS 15 an Essential Work Tool

And how they work brilliantly with Focus Mode

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I like iPadOS 15 a lot.

It’s been a while since I delved into a beta version of one of Apple’s operating systems, but the experience of this particular public beta thus far has been pretty frustration-free.

What I Like About iPadOS 15 Beta: First Impressions

You’ll be glad to hear that I’m going to put my concerns about the M1 iPad Pro and Apple’s tepid approach to iPadOS development to one side for today.

Instead, I’m going to talk about widgets.

My widget history

Like most people, when widgets were first introduced in iOS 14, I spent an inordinate amount of time adding as many as possible to my Home Screen.

I quickly tired of this when I realised that they did nothing more than push my most-used apps to ‘you may as well search for them in spotlight’ territory.

However, recently, I settled on a set of widgets that are just a couple of swipes away from the Home Screen and…