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DaPizzaMan

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How is no one talking about the lack of iPadOS compatibility for the Apple Sports app? Is this the first time an Apple app is not fully offered on iPad?
 
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What are you missing on the iPad? All the app basically does is show you the score of the event you are interested in.
It’s the fact that it’s an iOS app stretched out and not a full fledged iPadOS app. Apple has never released their own app like that.
 
Oh sweet child no.

The iPad only got the calculator app this year.

We only got the weather app a year or two ago.
Exactly, and once those apps existed, they were fully iPad compatible. Now we have an app that released in this "limbo" state where it's on the iPad App Store, but it's an iOS app. That's arguably worse.
 
Exactly, and once those apps existed, they were fully iPad compatible. Now we have an app that released in this "limbo" state where it's on the iPad App Store, but it's an iOS app. That's arguably worse.
Unfortunately it's not at all unexpected. When iOS widgets came to the iPad they were in a weird state where they couldn't be placed anywhere you want on any screen, like you could on iOS. Had to wait a year for that. Maybe in a year this will get updated.
 
I agree…It is stupid Apple can’t release it natively for iPad. It’s just more proof of how much of a forgotten step child they treat the product line. I think its an internal joke now how high they can price iPads and get away with it without doing anything with the software (im not talking macos on iPad) in regard to making iPadOS less annoying with certain things. Like now there’s a calculator app. After 15 years …

I use stage manager so it’s not that weird the App is smaller, plus all the live notifications work perfectly which is half of why I use the app.
 
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Have you tried using the Sports button in the side bar of Apple News? It’s full screen and you can add your favorite teams. I don’t see a need to use the IOS Sports app on my iPad.
 
Have you tried using the Sports button in the side bar of Apple News? It’s full screen and you can add your favorite teams. I don’t see a need to use the IOS Sports app on my iPad.
I did not (until now). The app had been deleted. Pretty cool, thanks!

Now a widget would also be nice.
 
The Sports app on iPad will be one of the key features highlighted in iPadOS 19. /s
 
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