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iPadOS 26 introduces powerful new features that push iPad even further

Apple today previewed iPadOS 26, the biggest iPadOS release ever, taking a huge leap forward and pushing the unique capabilities and versatility of iPad even further.

www.apple.com

OS - iPadOS 26

iPadOS 26 delivers a fresh design, an intuitive, new windowing system, and a more helpful Apple Intelligence, so you can flow through work and play.

www.apple.com

- Stage manager replaced with MacOS window management

- "Traffic light" window management icons

- MacOS menu bar

- Pointer is now an arrow

- 12 Windows can be open at a time

- Files app now more complex

- File folders available in doc

- Background music and processing works like a Mac

- Still no multiple user support





Starts at 1 hour 20 minutes

 

[AJUMP23]

Cool thanks I guess.

I use mine to look up game info and browse Gaf or social media. That is about it.

 

[Erebus]

This is great because I rarely use Mac unless I need software that's not available elsewhere.

 

[AJUMP23]

On IOS26 they are moving the browser address bar to the bottom. That sucks. Dumb design. Why mess with what works.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

iPadOS 26 compatible devices

• M4 iPad Pro
• 11-inch iPad Pro (1st gen or newer)
• 12.9-inch iPad Pro (3rd gen or newer)
• M2 iPad Air
• iPad Air (3rd gen or newer)
• A17 Pro iPad mini
• iPad mini (5th gen or newer
• A16 iPad
• iPad (8th gen or later)

 

[diffusionx]

Stage Manager was a fucking mess, good riddance

 

[Spukc]

On IOS26 they are moving the browser address bar to the bottom. That sucks. Dumb design. Why mess with what works.

setting you silly twat been a while like this

 

[RetroGamingUK]

MacOS has also had some visual tweaks as to be more consistent with iPadOS and iOS

Menu bar now has no background and icons fully match iPadOS and iOS

Colour theme can be applied to all icons and widgets as per iPad and iPhone

 

[Erebus]

This guy's live streaming the beta of iOS 26.

 

[near]

The visual overhaul feels a little underwhelming. Something we should've had maybe like 5-10 years ago.

 

[Quasicat]

My iPad has been my laptop since Gen 5. I bought a 10 late last year and I'll be good for another 5 years. I have been waiting for this update for a long time.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

If it can't actually run Mac apps, this is just a UI window dressing and it's still shitty old iOS underneath

 

[MandingoMcThickens]

On IOS26 they are moving the browser address bar to the bottom. That sucks. Dumb design. Why mess with what works.

17*

 

[Magic Carpet]

This guy's live streaming the beta of iOS 26.

Sitting here listening to this guy talk about the OS while it downloads is more informative and entertaining than the WWDC.
He's extremely happy and knowledgeable.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

I will take what I can get. Stage manager was...awful. Looking forward to giving this a try, if it makes my workflow even a bit more "pc friendly" on my iPad I will upgrade to a new ipad pro.

 

[daffyduck]

MainStage for iPadOS, after all this time, would be nice. Paid for out right, not as a subscription.

 

[AJUMP23]

 

[PSYGN]

Damn that's ugly. Hopefully we can turn it into frosted glass at the very least.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Now add a browser to Apple TV!

 

[dottme]

I'm looking for it. I think that's what I wanted them to deliver for the iPad. But they really took their time.

 

[Pimpbaa]

Hoping keyboards are less buggy on it. My logitech combo touch has been a pain in the ass since iPadOS 18.4 (I'm not the only one, even people with apples Magic Keyboard having issues).

 

[kevboard]

lol, I didn't know iPads don't support multiple users... that's... I mean, it's pretty on brand I guess

 

[Chittagong]

I used to mentally check out when one of the "accessibility" retards in our UX team lectured me about typographic contrast and legibility but damn, this thing has awful typographic contrast.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

I used to mentally check out when one of the "accessibility" retards in our UX team lectured me about typographic contrast and legibility but damn, this thing has awful typographic contrast.

I think this needs more frosted glass.

 

[Erebus]

This looks terrible. I hope they change it.

 

[Chittagong]

The system seems pretty flexible so they can adjust the default frostiness. It's insane how much effort they have put into this system, even the popups are now curvature continuous.

Meet Liquid Glass - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer

Liquid Glass unifies Apple platform design language while providing a more dynamic and expressive user experience. Get to know the design...

developer.apple.com

I wonder how this works for devs, will an app that calls a button just get a liquid glass default button.

This is the dude who seems to have been designing all the flashy iOS visual gimmicks:

https://x.com/chan_k

 

[Chittagong]

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Dialling down the blurryness from iOS 18 is the biggest problem here.

 

[ReBurn]

Apple is determined to keep fixing it until it's broken

 

[Chittagong]

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Apple is determined to keep fixing it until it's broken

Going from the handful of Beta tests I've seen everyone seems really happy with the window management, it's ticked everyone's boxes.

I think this was a case of actually listening to the community.

As kids seem to ubiquitously use iPads these days, this sets them up well for when they come to use MacOS and Windows later in life.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

In case anyone was wondering, the menu bar can be accessed it two ways.

- Touch swiping down from the top of the screen

- Pointing the cursor towards the top edge of the screen

 

[March Climber]

This just confirms to me that Windows Vista & Aero going away was a good thing.

 

[Baemono]

Cool that iPadOS is closer than ever to macOS, a shame it took this long

 

[RetroGamingUK]

3 windowing modes (available across all iPad devices that support iPadOS 26)

It's unclear which is enabled by default

 

[RetroGamingUK]

 

[Erebus]

In case anyone was wondering, the menu bar can be accessed it two ways.

- Touch swiping down from the top of the screen

- Pointing the cursor towards the top edge of the screen

Can you invoke the menu bar even while the app window is full-screen?

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Can you invoke the menu bar even while the app window is full-screen?

Yes

 

[nani17]

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

They should get rid of iPadOS altogether.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Pics like these make me feel incredibly old. I'm tired just looking at the first two.
And ffs, what the hell is that shit in the third pic. Now I suddenly feel like I could survive an atomic apocalypse while the target audience of this stuff dies from acute deprivation of panna cotta.

 

[p_xavier]

I used to mentally check out when one of the "accessibility" retards in our UX team lectured me about typographic contrast and legibility but damn, this thing has awful typographic contrast.

I used to teach UX in university and this is bonkers.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Pics like these make me feel incredibly old. I'm tired just looking at the first two.
And ffs, what the hell is that shit in the third pic. Now I suddenly feel like I could survive an atomic apocalypse while the target audience of this stuff dies from acute deprivation of panna cotta.

Other than having a bunch of overlapping windows I don't see any issue.

You may need to spell it out for me.

 

[Trilobit]

I wish iPadOS 26 would look more like Snow Leopard than whatever this Liquid Glass thing is. I don't need a Vista-Wannabe.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Other than having a bunch of overlapping windows I don't see any issue.

You may need to spell it out for me.

Nobody needs to be that busy. Having 4-5 different things under your gaze at once and not finding it at least a bit unsettling makes me doubt about the ability of whoever finds that appealing, or useful, to concentrate on anything.

And those notes about panna cotta month and gelato hangout. Who would make this after second grade? Those notes look like they were made by the Nintendo 64 kid.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Thorough test of windowing in iPadOS 26

 

[Tams]

This just confirms to me that Windows Vista & Aero going away was a good thing.

Aero was a glass GUI done properly though.

 

[p_xavier]

I'm really wonder what will be done with screen sharing. I mean I don't want to close all my porn windows while I work.

 

[Unknown?]

My Mac Contacted 63 Different Apple Owned Domains in One Hour - While Not is Use

During a one hour period today, my computer contacted 63 different Apple domains while i was not logged on and using it. I have been trying to minimize to the extent possible the reach of big tech into my life. A full 25% of the DNS queries from one of my computers (M2 MBA with macOS 15.4) are...

appaddict.app

 

[HoodWinked]

Don't use apple so I don't really have a stake in it but it's very aesthetic. The readability hysterics is engagement/rage bait, they'll tune it as they get more feedback.