I've been using Apple's new iPad software for the past week - here are my 5 favorite things about it so far

Features like split view and slide over certainly made multitasking easier on the iPad. But even with these additions, jumping between multiple files, apps, or types of content still hasn't always been as simple as it should be.

Luckily, the iPad is getting a big upgrade when it comes to productivity and multitasking, and among the new features coming in iPadOS is the ability to view the same apps in multiple windows on screen. That means you'll be able to take certain parts of an app and open them up in either split view or slide over mode.

So if you're drafting an email but need to keep another message on screen as you're working, you'll be able to pull out the compose window so that it fits nice and neatly alongside your inbox. It's bound to be hugely useful for anyone trying to get work done on the iPad that's more complex than sending a simple email or taking notes.

Although the iPad is becoming more laptop-like than ever before, Apple has always maintained that its tablets and notebooks are two completely separate ecosystems. That's largely because although you might use a laptop and a tablet for some of the same tasks, the way you interact with them is generally pretty different.

People may choose an iPad over a laptop for certain tasks because they want to touch, tap, and swipe rather than click and scroll, and the iPad is getting some new gestures that make getting work done even easier using those actions.

In iPadOS, you can copy a chunk of highlighted text just by pinching up from the screen with three fingers. To paste it, you would simply pinch down with three fingers in the spot at which you'd like to place the text.

It might sound complicated, but it works fluidly when you actually use it. It mimics the action of picking something up, and placing it back down.

If you often use your iPad for browsing the web, you'll appreciate this new feature. Safari in iPadOS supports the ability to bookmark a group of tabs at once under a specific name, making it easy to jump right back into a browsing session without having to individually save each tab or link. This can be especially useful if you typically use your iPad for things like work-related research or vacation planning — projects that often require you to open multiple tabs and reference them again later.

Slide over, the iPad feature that lets you open a second app in a smaller window alongside another app, is getting a big upgrade in iPadOS. You'll soon be able to keep multiple apps open in slide over mode and switch between them by swiping alongside the bottom of the app. It's a helpful addition for those times during which you might want to focus on one main app, but check the occasional message or reminder without navigating out of your current project.