Slack overhauls iPad app with interface impressed by its desktop app

Slack is giving its iPad app a a lot wanted improve that may see it inherit many options of its desktop model, the company has announced. The app is getting a brand new two-column structure that reveals an inventory of accessible channels and messages on the left, and their contents on the best. The left-hand sidebar can also be being up to date, and the app is getting higher assist for accessibility options like Apple’s VoiceOver display screen reader.

None of those are significantly revolutionary options, however they’re welcome additions to an iPad app that may typically really feel extra like a large iPhone app. Slack is advertising the replace as serving the wants of newly rising hybrid workplaces, which ought to hopefully make it simpler to maintain up with office conversations whereas on the go.

The Slack iPad app’s upgraded sidebar sounds significantly helpful. Sections are collapsible if you wish to cover teams of channels; channel names might be long-pressed to entry a context menu; and usernames will now embrace avatars in direct messages, making them simpler to establish at a look. The approach sections are arrange must also now sync with Slack’s desktop model, to make it simpler to maintain the whole lot neat and tidy.

Finally, there are additionally accessibility enhancements. Support for Apple’s VoiceOver display screen reader has been improved, in addition to Dynamic Type font-scaling to make textual content simpler to learn.

Slack says the brand new iPad model ought to be accessible to obtain in the present day, with additional enhancements — akin to assist for keyboard shortcuts and “additional support for accessories” — coming later within the 12 months.