For years, both the iPhone and the iPad shared the same operating system — until the shift to a dedicated iPadOS experience brought about some meaningful additions that made good use of the device's ...

Apple surprised iPad users earlier this year when it removed Slide Over, the floating mini-window mode that had been part of iPadOS since iOS 9, and replaced it with a more desktop-like windowed ...

With iPadOS 26.1 beta 2 now available to developers, Apple re-added the Slide Over mode as part of the multitasking features iPad users can take advantage of. With iPadOS 18, Slide Over was very ...

The second beta of iPadOS 26.1 introduces a range of updates aimed at improving multitasking, audio functionality, and professional workflows for iPad users. These updates reflect Apple’s commitment ...

The reaction to iPadOS 26 has been mostly positive, but some users have bemoaned the absence of the decade-old Slide Over multitasking feature. Well, Apple just announced that it's coming back as part ...

Well, that didn’t take long. In yesterday’s second developer beta of iPadOS 26.1, Apple restored the Slide Over functionality that was removed with the debut of the new windowing system in iPadOS 26.0 ...