One of the more intriguing new features introduced in iPadOS 26 for iPad is the optional windowed app mode for multitasking.

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 ...

Slide Over, one of the best iPad multitasking features, got rescued from the rubbish heap with the new iPadOS 26.1. It’s an ideal way to keep an application that you check frequently but not ...

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 ...

Apple released iPadOS 26.1 beta 2 to developers today, and it comes with a major returning feature: Slide Over multitasking is back on the iPad. Here’s how it works. Revamp of Slide Over works ...

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 is making big changes to how you multitask on your iPad. With its upcoming iPadOS 26 update, Apple is retiring both Split View and Slide Over to make way for a new "powerful and intuitive" ...

Apple’s iPadOS 26.1 beta 2 introduces a range of updates aimed at refining multitasking capabilities and enhancing usability for touch-based workflows. Among the most significant changes is the return ...

Apple recently released iPadOS 26.1 Beta 2 to the public for pre-release testing, and, in a surprising move, the update brings with it the re-introduction of Slide Over mode for iPad. For those ...

Following the comeback of Slide Over in iPadOS 26.1, Apple is continuing to iterate on iPadOS 26 multitasking by restoring functionalities that had been removed from the launch version of iPadOS 26.0 ...

With iPadOS 26.2, Apple is bringing two major upgrades to the iPad: Split View has returned, and Slide Over has a new gesture. Now, you can just drag and drop apps from your dock, and they’ll snap ...