Sure, it 'works' with no developer attention, and then developers don't *give* it attention (notice years of poorly adapted phone apps for Android tablets rather than ones considered for the larger screen size).

Of course, Android is known for having 'global support' for things and then receiving piles and piles of 'lowest common denominator' software. Have you even looked at someone using iOS's mouse support? I'm not sure that you have, or you wouldn't have made the comparison to Android regarding the appearance of a mouse pointer. Each of the apps has a good set of features but not as complete as the Windows or. I find it odd that you seem to believe the mouse won't work at all unless serious work is done to an application. The main way to use Microsoft Office on iPads are the Office Mobile Apps for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. iOS apps don't need to be 'aware' of a mouse to use them. It's the same as macOS developers adding Apple trackpad support for gestures and pressure sensitivity, even though technically the trackpad already 'worked' with their software. Mouse support is a new feature, and that is why apps need to support it for it to work well. I find it odd that people look at what Apple is doing with mouse support in iOS as if no other mobile OS provided mouse support before. When a mouse is detected, Android displays a mouse pointer. Android apps don't need to be 'aware' of the presence of a mouse. Android has had full and global support for mice and trackpads for many years. It would work perfectly in all apps if iOS were designed properly. The larger the iPad the more frustrating it is. This is why features like multi-window are of limited value for some because not all apps support it. Things like clipboard support, background processing, multi-window, etc.have to be included by the app developers. Since iOS (and iPad OS) is, from the very beginning and continues to be, a smartphone OS, Apple relies on app developers to include support for what is typically OS-level functionality found on traditional operating systems.

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