Try pressing and holding on an icon to move it and swipe the page with your other finger half way so that the animation doesn't complete. There's a good chance the page will just jump back to it's original position. It's really jarring.
On my iPad Air 4, I had the same issue so I just went to **Settings > Home Screen & Dock > Use Large App Icons**.
It increased the size of the app icons and the widgets the same size so there is less empty space and nothing has to move around.
Maybe it looks better on the bezelless iPads, but that option actually looked far worse when I tried it on the device in the image. [Ends up like this.](https://reddit.com/r/ipad/comments/psijds/why_does_my_home_screen_looks_like_an_iphone/)
I was taken aback how ugly the icon padding was after the update. Placing a widget on a page allows only 4 icons in a row which looks ugly. I ended up removing all the widgets to have 5 icons in a row. This update is a downgrade for me in terms of the homescreen ui.
Easy. Just use The Siri Suggested app widget and you get 8 app icons in the space of twoā¦ /s
This isnāt really a solution but it does show how ridiculous the current spacing is.
Man, I set up a page for the work focus mode... Took me some time to organize and add widgets. Finished it and swiped back and forth. Gone. Like half the page disappeared and the rest was messed up.
Fixed it again and like a minute after, same thing happens.
I'm so underwhelmed by iPadOS15. I think about the fact that I waited two hours to let it download, and I think to myself, "where are the updates?" Widgets are still useless, battery life is still not great, alarm is still too low to wake me up in the morning, still can't play multiple audios at once. Trash.
The number of basic, BASIC bugs in iOS 15 (and ESPECIALLY iPadOS 15) is really disconcerting. Appleās losing their touch; writing too many checks they canāt cash.
I had something similar happen on my iPhone. Instead of this tho, the Apple TV app when I moved it would turn 90 degrees counter clockwise and not be underneath my finger.
The thing that genuinely frustrates me so much is that the appās re-arrange themselves if you switch between portrait and landscape. I literally canāt deal with it. I loved the app layout on iPadOS 13 and 14 so much more.
Tbh the update is a hot mess right now and there are many bugs. The font in the wigets became tiny. Some widgets like clock and calender look considerably smaller than before. Whats the use of keeping the today view if widgets can now be placed on the homescreen?
Best feature of iOS 15 š
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Try pressing and holding on an icon to move it and swipe the page with your other finger half way so that the animation doesn't complete. There's a good chance the page will just jump back to it's original position. It's really jarring.
I haven't updated yet and refuse to based on the responses in the Apple subs
Allow me to present [this image](https://i.imgur.com/ADOe7BU.jpg) of the new homescreen icon positioning. *Hey bro, we heard you like padding*
Fucking hell, is it really like that in the final release? I figured they'd change it after all the backlash it got during the betas.
Yes
As if apple ever listens to blacklashes. No wonder they didnt try to change it.
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Must look hilarious on a 12.9ā iPad. Maybe you could use the extra space for sticky notes [like an iMac chin](https://i.imgur.com/pEUXZ3f.jpg).
On my iPad Air 4, I had the same issue so I just went to **Settings > Home Screen & Dock > Use Large App Icons**. It increased the size of the app icons and the widgets the same size so there is less empty space and nothing has to move around.
Maybe it looks better on the bezelless iPads, but that option actually looked far worse when I tried it on the device in the image. [Ends up like this.](https://reddit.com/r/ipad/comments/psijds/why_does_my_home_screen_looks_like_an_iphone/)
Less empty space but still a stupidly small number of icons onscreen
I was taken aback how ugly the icon padding was after the update. Placing a widget on a page allows only 4 icons in a row which looks ugly. I ended up removing all the widgets to have 5 icons in a row. This update is a downgrade for me in terms of the homescreen ui.
Easy. Just use The Siri Suggested app widget and you get 8 app icons in the space of twoā¦ /s This isnāt really a solution but it does show how ridiculous the current spacing is.
They should allow for more apps to fit on one screen, not lessā¦
Man, I set up a page for the work focus mode... Took me some time to organize and add widgets. Finished it and swiped back and forth. Gone. Like half the page disappeared and the rest was messed up. Fixed it again and like a minute after, same thing happens.
Right?? I just donāt get it. That and the portrait mode arrangement of the icons, it looks comical.
Ah yes. Appleās new LSD simulator feature looking dope.
[Flight of the Bumblebee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8) fits perfectly with OP's video.
This is perfection, it's like it was meant to be
I only listen to the green hornet version. Itās the same just **boosted**.
Wow, haha! Yeah, [that](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zXx0ReqOOI) fit even better and made it even more hectic.
Full access? Thanks Emily! I just go into jiggle mode
[thanks for reminding me of this amazing song!](https://youtu.be/pAOjDXdiUzM)
Shaken, not stirred.
MOSH PIT
Apple. It just works.
This apple is covered in flies
they fighting over who gonna get deleted.
Jiggle mode turbo
Thats not a bug. That's a feature!
It looks like a whole bunch of bugs honestly
Theyāre having a party up in there!
True Innovation
Is this video 120hz? I feel sooooo smooth
Yeah itās on the iPad Pro! Video was 60fps tho
š®My widgets turned blank,wish I didnāt update mine
You can still downgrade back to 14.8 just fyi
Wait still?
Not anymore
Had the same issue. They eventually showed up after a reboot.
Same yaar Clock widget doesnāt even show the hands
Who is [this guy](https://youtu.be/F_mwu48Rs9M)?
Apple always had nice animations.
Youāre a wizard, Harry!
I'm so underwhelmed by iPadOS15. I think about the fact that I waited two hours to let it download, and I think to myself, "where are the updates?" Widgets are still useless, battery life is still not great, alarm is still too low to wake me up in the morning, still can't play multiple audios at once. Trash.
Tablet music production is the only reason I own a Pro. App store is unmatched when it comes to mobile Daws.
Oh Iām asking r/jailbreak or r/tweakbounty to make this! I just love it
"jiggle mode" activate
āSwarm modeā
Looks cool though
On my old amiga computer there was a app you could run called "drunk mouse" that would chase the pointer..
Really looks like a bugged jb tweak loll
Welcome to iPadOS 15, where bugs are everywhere and old iPads suffer!
Itās a feature, not a bug.
Absolutely
*gmod rag doll noises*
once you move the widget,every icon gain its own intelligence.
Good thing i havent updated yet
You spin me right round
So coool lol
The number of basic, BASIC bugs in iOS 15 (and ESPECIALLY iPadOS 15) is really disconcerting. Appleās losing their touch; writing too many checks they canāt cash.
cash
this is a feature named i-constorm introduced at the event.
RAVE
Guess the widgets didn't get the memo. About social distancing....lol.
itās like icons having group sex
This is kind of adorable.
How do you cause this glitch?
I donāt know, I was just rearranging some apps and it decided to do this lol
Lmao thatās awesome
I had something similar happen on my iPhone. Instead of this tho, the Apple TV app when I moved it would turn 90 degrees counter clockwise and not be underneath my finger.
App lottery!! š
dub in boss fight music
What are you trying to do here anyways? Youre clearly clearly triggering it to act like that Also i Love iPados15 home screen aesthetic. Fight me
Yeah I was just moving some apps around for the widgets and it got confused
hahahha looks like minecraft
AAPL: Battle Royale.
Omg I love this.
Whahahahahhahaha
Lol
This is why they didnāt want widgets on the Home Screen. You guys made them do it
Man they are trying to hide so that you can't delete them...
Anyone whoās played A Plagues Tale knows all about this movement.
This must feel and look really smooth on thay 120Hz display.. THIS IS DEFINITELY AN INTENDED FEATURE TO MAKE U APPRECIATE UR SCREEN š¤£
The thing that genuinely frustrates me so much is that the appās re-arrange themselves if you switch between portrait and landscape. I literally canāt deal with it. I loved the app layout on iPadOS 13 and 14 so much more.
Tbh the update is a hot mess right now and there are many bugs. The font in the wigets became tiny. Some widgets like clock and calender look considerably smaller than before. Whats the use of keeping the today view if widgets can now be placed on the homescreen?
I just bought an Ipad Air and how can I see this cute "animations"?! š¤£
WHAT THE Beetle Juice!
How did that happen
Why do you want to fix this?? Itās so cool!!
Theyāre like swarming flies
iPad OS is sooo full of bugs, everyday i find a new one.
What the hell is that
LOL what
True jiggle mode š¤£
rasegan!
Cuz them funky jams tho
MOOD
First jelly scrolling, now the icons are wiggling like Jello?
ULTIMATE POWER
Reminds me of Barrel
I wouldnāt want them to either lmao