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Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking
- Apple's Craig Federighi introduced iPadOS 26 multitasking features at WWDC 2025 in Cupertino to a mixed audience of developers and media.
- He explained Apple delayed proper multitasking due to early iPads' hardware limits and the need to keep the touch interface perfectly responsive.
- IPadOS 26 re-architected windowing and background task management to allow multiple app windows and advanced keyboard shortcuts, with a floating menu bar.
- Federighi explained that, due to high demand, they chose to provide as many features as possible this time, despite some limitations on older devices.
- Apple continues to pursue a dual-platform approach, maintaining the distinction between iPadOS and macOS to preserve the iPad's ease of use while progressively enhancing its capabilities to meet users’ growing productivity demands.
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Apple explains how iPadOS 26 turns iPads into Mac-like multitasking marvels
Apple is completely revamping its software with iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26, its upcoming operating system updates. With a similar design language, the company is also finally unlocking the iPad's true potential by offering real multitasking functionality. While Stage Manager is still available in iPadOS 26, Apple is ditching the Split View and Slide Over options in favor of a new window-based multitasking system. In an interview with …
One of the most surprising renovations that was announced during the WWDC 2025 has to do with iPad. The latest version of iPadOS 26 not only includes a redesign in the user interface, but also improvements in window management that now look more like Mac’s. All of this people wonder if it wouldn’t be better to bring macOS completely to iPad and Apple already has the answer. In an interview with Swiss journalist Rafael Zeier, Apple’s vice preside…
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