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The windowing system and multitasking view is long overdue. Maybe this is first step to have a foldable iPhone?

Tried on my ipad air 5th gen. Loving it. The multitasking is more like a real mac now. Windows resizing also good. Still buggy but can daily drive without issue also.

Wanna ask if anyone tried it on ipad air 4 and ipad a16? Do they support multitsk window as well?

its cool playing around my ipad with iPadOS 26.

any serious bug ???
i plan to install on my M4 Pro tonight..
just worry some serious bug cause it unstable...

if good and work almost close to laptop.. will think to get the Magic Keyboard case

This post has been edited by stevenlee: Jun 13 2025, 10:31 AM

Can you open an app in many windows? Such as open MS Words multiple documents

I think can.

How's the performance? Any serious hiccups or slowdowns ?

couple of relaunch springboard but nothing serious. Don't feel slow on my iPad Air M1. Can be used a daily drive.

Nice...that's good to know. I was an iPad Pro user back in the day, trying to daily drive as laptop. Definitely lots of setbacks and it was slow(powerful chip but limited by iPadOS), ended up selling to get a MBA.

Now definitely can be use like a laptop if one does not have any laptop. No need to get one. But I think 13" makes more sense than 11" la. 11" is quite small to multitask. But if need some apps to run in background, definitely works great now.

Nice! This makes a big difference when using for office works. Many times we open multiple documents to cross reference. Its a pain in the ass when you can only open one document at a time

Yeah I think iPadOS had the biggest upgrade from WWDC. Even iPad 11 A16 works with windows. Apple at least redeemed themselves a bit from all the AI fail.

Just done install, look almost close to MacBook now..
If you use on external.. it work even better….

Anyone know how to bring up the taskbar on external monitor without resize the open windows?

I still find way using mouse to bring up the taskbar


Update: found the way, move the mouse coursor down to bottom and it auto pop out.. but sometime it wont come out .. I guess still hv some bug

This post has been edited by stevenlee: Jun 18 2025, 09:08 PM

Seems that ipados 26 will be released on 15 Sep. Will MY get same date?

Usually it is, might be late few hours

Same date. Same bugs.

Has anyone tried downloading and installing the latest iPadOS 26, which was released publicly?

Official release will be at 1am tonight

Looking forward to try it. 😊

Yea, looks promising. I may be able to live with this as my main device and without a laptop

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You are very brave. For main device I wouldn’t dare install a new version of iOS/iPadOS at least until x.0.2 or x.1. For 26 already the developer for one of my important Safari extension has warned users about some unfixed Webkit bugs. My VPN provider also sent warning about some TunnelKit regression. Definitely will wait until at least 26.1 this time.

While waiting for my iOS 26 to be completed, I’m also downloading for iPadOS 26 now.

Updated iPad mini 5 to iPadOS 26. Surprised to see it's supported.

What is the reason for Apple releasing version 18.7, and at the same time, offering the option for version 26?

Now it’s pointless to buy MacBook anymore , unless u are pro user … 26 has turn iPad into a computer for Ordinary plp I guess…Lolx

some old devices cannot support 26. some people dont want to jump to new version

yeah, my kid's iphone xr is not supported for ios26.. have to resort to ios 18.7/

yeah. and even those devices that do not support iOS 26, apple may still continue to release security fix for older iOS versions for some time after iOS 236 released.

It’s best if you have a magic keyboard and a combination of an iPad Pro with the M4 chip.

Goodbye Split View & Slide Over. You will be missed. The multitasking is dead, long live the multitasking!

I got 2 apps that I always use on split view. Each time I click the app's icon, it will open both apps in split view. It will always remember both apps last state in split view. Occasionally I'll use a third app by sliding over. It also will always remember which apps in slide over.

Now it's replaced by Windowed Apps. While this makes it more like desktop experience where app window can be freely resize and move anywhere, it can't remember both apps in split view unless that is the last combo apps you have opened. Also no more slide over, now to use third app I have to open Recent App List or click on it's icon. More steps than slide over.

Now the only way to get it remember 2 apps in split view is by using Stage Manager. No matter how many apps I have opened, when I click one of the app icon, it will open both apps in split view. I feel Apple purposely kill Split View & Slide Over so that those that like this option have to use it's Stage Manager that many dislike to use before this. To use third app now have to swipe from left part of the screen to show Recent App, which also means now cannot use swipe to go back.

Hven’t download yet, but has been waiting for it.. my cheap ass ipad air 5 will finally the cheapest computer i ever bought? Haha will see..

Ios26.0.1 will be release soon, next week maybe

Hmm.. yeah.. been playing around with the ipad os 26.. I dunno but I think it feels a bit wonky.. mouse tracking feels unnatural.. and the overall interface doesn’t feel really smooth when having multiwindows opened.. not sure if my ipad air 5th (M1) doesn’t have enough ram headroom for proper multitasking lah.. I do hope software update will improve the overall experience

no problem on ipad mini 7. keyboard + mouse - smooth

I mean when connected to large external display and opened many windows. Using the ipad by itself I think is ok lah.. not the smoothest imo.. but maybe I’m still not get used with the interface

Nothing wrong with your ipad, ios26 still new and fix update will come time to time, as ios26.0.1 update will be coming shortly, next week

My ipad feel very hot when connected with external display while I’m “pretending” to do office works on it (opened file apps and multiple documents). Then it throttled down and feels very sluggish.. lol.. the M processor branding on ipad is a scam I think.. nvm then, back to my macbook for work

ipad 10 after update kinda sluggish for the few few days, smoother a bit after that but not close to previous OS. lets see

I agree. I believe version 18 is smoother.

if still sluggish, might save bullet for next year ipad. hopefully ipad air comes with Pro-motion high refresh rate like the entry iphone 17 getting pro feature screen.

I'm the type of person who holds onto their tech for a long time, so I'm not looking to upgrade every year. I have a feeling the iPad Pro M4 has more than enough power to last for the long haul.

i hope ipad mini will come with OLED and Pro-motion eventually.

likewise, my current ipad 10 is close to 3 years iinm. next round i’ll probably upgrade to air or pro just to future proof with upcoming OS updates.

and also the M chip pleaseee. 😂

M chip is good but technically i am ok with the A chip as A chip on the new iphone 17 is also quite powerful enough. As long as they give more RAM which is more critical to help to make the ipad last longer around of iOS update.

the display and pro motion will be an instant noticeable update.

Looks like my speedometer on iPadOS 26 is better than 18.

For me ProMotion alone would be enough. OLED would be a nice bonus as long as they don’t jack up the price.

i would still think that the ultimate form of ipad mini should be ipad mini pro.

OLED + pro motion like ipad pro now.

i’ll be sold immediately if next ipad air or mini has pro motion. 😂 let’s see should be March next year for new release if in upgrading or not hahahaha

Can't be soon enough. Keyboard keeps jumping by itself bug is really annoying

Yay, iPadOS 26.1 will bring back Slide Over!!
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/06/ipados...r-multitasking/

On my iPad mini, I’d gotten so used to sliding my Apple Music window in and out with previous iPadOS versions (almost like muscle memory) that the lack of it in 26 has been supremely irritating. Glad it’s coming back.

Downside is that Slide Over on iPadOS 26 is limited to one window only, so I cannot flip between Apple Music, Mullvad, Things and Calculator like I usually did in the past. Boo

This post has been edited by dev/numb: Oct 7 2025, 03:02 PM

I changed to developer beta channel and installing this right now. Need to download whole OS. Been using Stage Manager with secondary app in another group, a bit troublesome to switch between main group and secondary group.

Maybe now 1 window but maybe they'll update in future to allow more windows

https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/06/ipados-26-1-...g-back-to-ipad/

iPad OS 26.2 released

Why is this update version so large? My iPad Pro M4 has about 11GB of storage, and I’m not sure what’s so special about this 26.2GB version.

a lot of app been updated.

Ipados 26.1 vs 26.2

I feel a lot smoother on 26.2 and faster than 26.1

Agree. Same.