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Apple executives talk about the origins of Math Notes in iPadOS 18

In a new interview, Apple’s Jenny Chen and Ty Jordan have revealed how both the new Math Notes and Smart Script for iPadOS 18 have their roots in years of Apple technology.

Handwritten math equations and solutions on a tablet screen titled Scratch Math, including arithmetic and trigonometric problems.
Math Notes on an iPad

Math Notes is the new feature where iPadOS 18 will not only recognize a handwritten sum or equation, but it will solve it — and solve it in the user’s own handwriting. Then with Smart Script, your actual handwriting gets smoothed out intelligently, so that it preserves what makes your writing yours, but also makes it more legible.

In a new YouTube interview, engineering manager Jenny Chan, and product manager Ty Jordan, say that these features are the culmination of what else Apple has been working on for a long time.

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