The iPad is getting a giant refresh this 12 months: Apple just announced the brand new model of iPadOS, its pill working system, at WWDC. (Apple dropped its press releases earlier than they had been technically introduced within the digital occasion.) The flagship function is a brand new windowing system for multitasking throughout apps, however there’s additionally a brand new Recordsdata app, extra Apple Intelligence options, and a Mac-like Preview app for and modifying PDFs.
As typical, the brand new iPadOS has loads in widespread with the brand new iOS, together with the brand new Imaginative and prescient Professional-inspired visual language called “Liquid Glass.” The up to date identify additionally follows Apple’s total scheme, switching from model numbers to years. The iPad tends to vary in its strategy to multitasking, how you progress between apps, and across the working system. With iPadOS 26, that distinction is extra stark than ever: Apple says it should allow you to “fluidly resize app home windows” and place home windows wherever you need on the display. The windowing system can be utilized within Stage Supervisor, too, and works throughout shows. Stage Supervisor has not at all times been essentially the most intuitive of iPad software program, however this seems like a strong subsequent step towards correct multitasking.