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Mouse support comes to iPad with iPadOS accessibility feature

It's an accessibility feature for now

By Brad Bennett
9.7-inch iPad (2018)

Hidden away in iPadOS’ accessibility features is support for a USB mouse.

A developer named Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith’s) tweeted that the ‘Assistive Touch’ allows users to navigate their iPads with a mouse.

https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/1135653636145590273

This isn’t a complete implementation of mouse support yet because it looks like a circular touch target, but nonetheless, you can now use a mouse with the iPad.

Most of today’s iPadOS announcements made it seem like Apple is working to make the iPad a more capable device when compared to a standard Mac or PC.

You can check out Steve Troughton-Smith Twitter timeline for even more sneak peeks at upcoming iPadOS features.

To learn more about iPadOS checkout, MobileSyrup’s full post about iPadOS.

Source: Twitter (@stroughtonsmith)

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