Hollis Johnson
- iPadOS, the software update coming to Apple's tablets this fall, will bring a host of new features that make it easier to multitask and get things done.
- After using the beta version for a week, I came across five new features that I found particularly useful.
- Such features include the ability to open the same app in more than one window and pin widgets to the home screen.
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Come this fall, your iPad will be getting a major upgrade.
That's when Apple will be launching iPadOS, the new software for its tablet line that the company announced during its Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Until this point, Apple's iPhone and iPad software upgrades were both grouped into the same iOS update.
But the company is separating the two platforms for the first time in 2019, a sensible move considering it's releasing so many new features that are iPad-specific. Many of these capabilities are designed to help the iPad function more efficiently as a productivity device.
I've been using the beta version of iPadOS for the past week, and these are the features that have stood out to me as being the most useful so far.