С iPadOS 26 ваш планшет станет мощнее. Работайте с файлами, мультизадачность — всё как на MacBook. Больше не гигантский iPhone, а настоящая рабочая лошадка! Переходный момент для продуктивности. 🚀 #Apple #WWDC2025
| Your iPad is your new computer | TechCrunch Your iPad is your new computer | TechCrunch TechCrunch Desktop Logo TechCrunch Mobile Logo Latest Startups Venture Apple Security AI Apps Events Podcasts Newsletters Search Submit Site Search Toggle Mega Menu Toggle Topics Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture More from TechCrunch Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Image Credits: Brian Heater Hardware Your iPad is your new computer Amanda Silberling 8:37 AM PDT · June 12, 2025 After its WWDC 2025 event, Apple described its upcoming iPadOS 26 update as “ the biggest iPadOS release ever .” This doesn’t seem like it’s just a self-aggrandizing exaggeration — iPadOS 26 could actually change the way we think about the utility of a 15-year-old product that has long felt like an oversized iPhone designed for a cyclops. The new OS brings us multi-tasking tools, a new windowing system, and the Preview app, which may not sound as alluring as “ Liquid Glass .” But if you’ve ever tried to have a productive workday via iPad, then this news is more exciting than Sabrina Carpenter’s new album announcement (and that’s not just because her new song was kinda mid ). Image Credits: Apple As it stands now, you can only have two windows open at once on the iPad, and navigating between the two windows is kind of a nightmare. If you’re trying to write an email while also looking at your calendar to confirm that you’re giving your co-worker a good time to call you, then you’ll probably be toggling the two windows back and forth, struggling to see all of the relevant information. It’s kind of a mess, and a big reason why I never work on my iPad (despite having spent over $100 on Logitech’s detachable keyboard…) If I have to refer to any sources during the writing process — whether that be a press release, interview notes, an email, a research paper, or, god forbid, all of the above — then I might as well just pull my phone out as a second tiny screen. Let’s just say, it isn’t the most user-friendly experience. With the new window controls in iPadOS 26, you can see all of your open windows at once, then tile them intuitively to help you multitask. These window controls are also compatible with Stage Manager , which lets you organize your windows into specific environments. As a result, iPadOS is removing its older multitasking features, Split View and Slide Over. Meanwhile, the iPad’s new Preview app makes it possible to edit and view PDFs natively, including features like AutoFill and Apple Pencil compatibility. Image Credits: Apple Like Mac products, iPad apps will now get a menu bar, which makes it easier to locate specific commands or features within an app. Developers also have access to customizing the menu bar in their own apps. Techcrunch event Save $200+ on your TechCrunch All Stage pass Build smarter. Scale faster. Connect deeper. Join visionaries from Precursor Ventures, NEA, Index Ventures, Underscore VC, and beyond for a day packed with strategies, workshops, and meaningful connections. Save $200+ on your TechCrunch All Stage pass Build smarter. Scale faster. Connect deeper. Join visionaries from Precursor Ventures, NEA, Index Ventures, Underscore VC, and beyond for a day packed with strategies, workshops, and meaningful connections. Boston, MA |
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July 15 REGISTER NOW And if you often work with folders, you can pin them to your dock, rather than navigating through a clunky Files app. There’s more to the new OS than these quality-of-life features (which, frankly, could’ve been shipped a while ago). Given the computing power of Apple’s silicon chips, iPadOS 26 can perform high-intensity background tasks like exporting a video, allowing you to keep working while waiting for the export to complete. The iPad will become useful, in particular, to podcasters, video editors, content creators, or anyone who works in multimedia. In another new feature — which shouldn’t feel as novel as it does — you can choose a specific audio input for any app or website. Even better, the iPad is getting a local capture feature, which lets you record your video calls from any conferencing app, then access audio and video files afterward. Image Credits: Apple The iPad may not match a MacBook when it comes to overall utility. But maybe, hypothetically , your company-issued laptop is a 16″ MacBook Pro that weighs almost five pounds and is too large to use on an airplane or train without discomfort (please, go ahead and play the world’s smallest violin for me). And maybe, perhaps, you have a job that brings you to several conferences every year, where you walk miles a day across massive convention centers while lugging around a laptop to write articles as news breaks. In that case, the ability to tote around an iPad and still get work done is going to be a game changer — and a relief for back pain. Topics Apple , Hardware , iPad , wwdc Amanda Silberling Senior Writer Amanda Silberling is a senior writer at TechCrunch covering the intersection of technology and culture. She has also written for publications like Polygon, MTV, the Kenyon Review, NPR, and Business Insider. She is the co-host of Wow If True, a podcast about internet culture, with science fiction author Isabel J. Kim. Prior to joining TechCrunch, she worked as a grassroots organizer, museum educator, and film festival coordinator. She holds a B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania and served as a Princeton in Asia Fellow in Laos. Send tips through Signal, an encrypted messaging app, to (929) 593-0227. For anything else, email amanda@techcrunch.com. View Bio July 15, 2025 Boston, MA From seed to Series C and beyond—founders and VCs of all stages are heading to Boston. Be part of the conversation. Save $200+ now and tap into powerful takeaways, peer insights, and game-changing connections. Register Now Most Popular Google Cloud outage brings down a lot of the internet Maxwell Zeff Europe, we’re not leaving. Period. Michael Reinstein OpenAI releases o3-pro, a souped-up version of its o3 AI reasoning model Kyle Wiggers WWDC 2025: Everything announced, including Liquid Glass, Apple Intelligence updates, and more Lauren Forristal Sarah Perez Major US grocery distributor warns of disruption after cyberattack Zack Whittaker Anthropic’s AI-generated blog dies an early death Kyle Wiggers Superblocks CEO: How to find a unicorn idea by studying AI system prompts Julie Bort Loading the next article Error loading the next article X LinkedIn Facebook Instagram youTube Mastodon Threads Bluesky TechCrunch Staff Contact Us Advertise Crunchboard Jobs Site Map Terms of Service Privacy Policy RSS Terms of Use Code of Conduct WWDC 2025 Whole Foods Snap AR Glasses Mistral Liquid Glass Tech Layoffs ChatGPT © 2025 TechCrunch Media LLC.
