I'm curious who this is for. There maybe even be a huge audience for it, I genuinely don't know. I like my iPad, I use it quite a lot, but it's a "single task" tool. I honestly rarely ever wish it was ...

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 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Is the iPad more Mac, or more iPhone? This year, the answer is Mac. Is the iPad more Mac, or more iPhone? This ...

After revamping the multitasking experience in iPadOS 26 by adding window tiling and background processing, Apple is slowly bringing back some useful features from past iPadOS versions. With iPadOS 26 ...

If Apple announces multitasking for its iPhone and iPad tomorrow, it will be a limited version that the company controls, allowing some applications to run in the background but denying others, ...

I somewhat called it! In the run-up to WWDC 2025, I asked Apple to please introduce true multitasking to iOS (and by extension, iPadOS). We didn’t get it in iOS, but Apple did unveil an entirely new ...

It’s a cool, sunny morning at Apple Park as I’m walking my way along the iconic glass ring to meet with Apple’s SVP of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, for a conversation about the iPad. It’s ...

Apple today previewed the next generation of its iPhone software, which will add over 100 new features, including the long-awaited multitasking, to the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. CEO Steve Jobs took ...

I think I speak for everyone at Cult of Mac when I say that the last hour has been incredibly exciting. I didn’t expect much from a small, post-iPad event about iPhone OS 4.0: multitasking and iAds, ...

iPadOS 26 brings the most profound changes to the iPad ever, making the tablet far more Mac-like. And you can go ahead and install the massive upgrade, even though it’s still in beta testing. I’ve ...

"Any background application can be killed or stopped at any time" because the priority for iOS is/was telephony. If a call comes in, everything else must be suspendible. Click to expand... I am ...