Discover the new real-time collaboration alternative of the Apple ecosystem.
Apple plans to release iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 for mid-December and the features these updates bring to iPhone and iPad are a real treat.
The bitten apple logo company will introduce a new sleep monitoring widget which will be available on the redesigned iOS 16 lock screen and which will show the number of hours slept and a graph with representations of sleep quality. In addition, new live sports activities and the star protagonist will also be implemented: an application called free form.
Free form is a real-time collaboration app for iPhone and iPad. It is designed so that users can perform functions consisting of share ideas and collaborate on projects online
Free form: all features available
We propose in this guide to take a look at the functions that the Freeform application of iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 has in store for us.
Images, scanners and documents
Freeform supports all document types. The Apple application offers the possibility of add photos and videos directly from the Photos app but it is also possible to open the camera to capture a snapshot.
users can resize images and videos attached to the Freeform app via touch gestures as needed.
Additionally, Freeform has the ability to scan documents through the iPhone and iPad camera.
On the other hand, links and files are displayed in a small thumbnail with the classic visual style of iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 descargar- all news).
sticky notes
Freeform’s tools menu also has a small button for adding sticky notes. A must have for real-time collaboration of any project in a workgroup with which you can include recalls and notices important to your peers.
If you are an iPad user and have an Apple Pencil, at Macrumors they tell us that it is possible to write with the Apple Pencil directly on the sticky notes. In them there are different text formats such as bold, lists, fontsetc
freehand drawing tools
The Photos app for iPhone and iPad has a super handy editing toolbar that lets you do quick touch-ups on images like signs, markings, texts and freehand drawings. Well, how could it be otherwise, the Freeform app also has this tool.
And it is exactly the same as the photo editing tool. It has pencils and brushes with thicknesses of different sizes, colors, magnifying glass and other utilities.
A wide range of colors
On the other hand, Freeform for iPhone and iPad also has a color pallet exclusive from which iOS and iPadOS users have the option of accessing a wide range of colors.
While it’s also possible to select one of the primary colors, expanding the toolbar’s drop-down menu brings up a very comprehensive color palette panel where you can even write hex codes.
Hundreds of shapes and figures
Of course, any project collaboration app should have form integration. And not just geometric shapes, but shapes of all kinds.
There are hundreds of redesigned shapes and figures in the Freeform app. There are geometric shapes, symbols, objects, animals, food, nature, education, art, science, people, places, activities, transport and work.
It’s possible stack different shapes on top of each other, manipulate the layout of their multi-part structure, add borders, change their color and even draw on them. As it could not be otherwise, it is also possible to resize its size.
File management
Another of Freeform’s most useful features is its file management. Free-form job boards can be save as PDF documents
Of course, once you’ve completed your real-time collaboration project, the resulting file can also be emailed and shared in third-party apps.
Using multiple tables
In case you or your colleagues or classmates are working on several projects at the same time, you will like to know that the Freeform app for iOS and iPadOS has a system that allows you to work in several boards simultaneously.
The main dashboard screen can be displayed as icons or as a list. Tables can be organized by name and date, and separated into three categories: Recents, shared and favorites.
collaboration features
Freeform was specifically designed to work as a real-time collaboration application. iPhone and iPad users have the ability to share Freeform boards with other users and all participants can work on the same board online.
Freeform participants can add images, text, links, shapes, scribbles, videos, and sticky notes. Changes are synchronized in real time and it is possible to know at any time which user made the changes.
Apple’s Freeform app will be available soon with the release of iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, and macOS Ventura 13.1. Freeform is compatible with iPhone, iPad and Mac, what do you think of the features of this new real-time collaboration utility?
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