Most people agree that an iPad is a great piece of technology that has made many peoples’ lives better. To get the most out of your iPad, you need to learn all about its full capabilities. Keep reading to get several useful tips for making your iPad as useful as it can be.

You may see significant shortening of your battery life if you frequently watch movies, listen to continuous music, or play a lot of games on your iPad. A simple way to get more play time out of each charge of the battery is to use a low screen brightness setting. There is no reason to have the screen at full brightness in any situation.

Watch your currently running apps carefully. Some apps can continue to run simultaneously with other things on the iPad. Double-click the Home button if you want to find out what apps are currently running. You will see them in a bar located at the bottom. Swipe downwards to remove the bar from sight when you’re finished.

Avoid using an iPhone charger to charge your iPad. The iPad charger is a 10 watt charger. The iPhone charger is a 5 watt charger. If you use that iPhone battery charger, it will be twice the time to charge. You should use the charger that came with the iPad.

People often make mistakes when typing on tablets, which leads to interesting typos in the resulting messages. Fortunately, you can choose to have your iPad dictate what you say instead. Tap the Home button two times, and then tap the Microphone button. After you finish speaking, push the icon once more to see text.

Those who have previously used the iPad already know hot great and time-saving this device is. In order to get the most out of your experience, you should take time to understand everything that it is able to do. You will be able to make the most of your iPad use, however, simply by following the information that has been provided to you here.