FYI: the iPad Air with the M1 chip was called the iPad Air (5th generation). It is included. They changed the naming going from M2 forwards.
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Apple Says iPadOS 26 is Compatible With These iPad Models
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The way they word things like this is so weird:
- iPad Air (M2 and later)
- iPad Air (3rd generation and later)
With or without the new files app, so you can VS Code on iPad (if it's ever released).
I mean... it doesn't depend on the Files app, does it? (Albeit the new Files app will be very convenient with it, if it gets released).
I don't have a clue which iPad I have, but I'm guessing it won't work on it. Seems like I get a new one every four years or so. Watching video, listening to podcasts, and web browsing is all I do on it.
Okay who is going to be our guinea pig for the developer beta?
The iPad is looking more and more like the Mac, hopefully it'll be a good replacement in the not so distant future
It sounds like windowing is coming to the earlier devices that did not support Stage Manager.
They said briefly that the new windowing works with Stage Manager, so that does not appear to be going away. It's unclear from the presentation whether Stage Manager is also being back ported to models that will get windowing but never had Stage Manager before.
dude - I have been saying ad nauseam to bring macOS to iPadOS and they basically did that - except that they just copied all of the features from macOS and made them iPadOS native features instead...alot more work than simply porting over macOS to iPad and allowing the user to dual boot!!!
Freakin finally!!! god damn!!!
Freakin finally!!! god damn!!!
Does this menu bar need the iPad docked to a keyboard or can it be used by touch
How exactly have they "flip flopped" on the iPad? You mean by putting a properly windowed UI and a cursor-based interface?
Touch is a crap way to interact with a vertical display. Notice that the first thing people do when they start using an iPad for more intensive productivity is to... wait for it... attach a keyboard/trackpad. They do this so the control surfaces are horizontal where hands can rest instead of clumsily gorilla-arming.
Also, please refrain from the name calling, mate.
Wow what an improvement, very excited to see how this works. Great update. And a pretty good spread of devices supported too given those features. M powered iPads being a real value.
Had a 9.7” Pro, upgraded to the 11” M1, then upgraded to the 11” M4 for the OLED screen. And all the older iPads are still in use across the family.
Had a 9.7” Pro, upgraded to the 11” M1, then upgraded to the 11” M4 for the OLED screen. And all the older iPads are still in use across the family.
No love for M1 iPad Pros?
Edit: It’s there. Very confusing.
Edit: It’s there. Very confusing.
I don’t really get why they didn’t list the iPad Air M1 when it has to be getting the update, the iPad Air A12 is lol
Shoot .. I was hoping my Mini 5 would get excluded so I don't have to worry about turning off all this resource intensive UI bloat.
Apple bit the bullet and said F-it...just nuke our separation between macOS and iPadOS and allow iPadOS to be it own power-centric device....and allow the hardware to truly flex it's muscle in this form factor and they did that...the software can now finally take full advantage of that incredible hardware - especially on the iPad Pros!!! Let's go!!!! Multasking. + background task support is huuuuuge!!!
Agreed. But thinking about this . . . I assume they meant to refer to the 13" one with the M2 and later reference.
What looks clear, is that they got the message that Stage Manager, wile “fine”, is not an overwhelmingly used feature.
That’s why they are going full in with the new windowing system. No special names, no requirements, hoping it just works right and transparently on iPadOS. Let’s hope it works great from the beginning, and we don’t have to wait for a second refinement like what happened with Stage Manager across iPadOS 16 and 17.
Even my iPad mini 5 gets the upgrade and some ♥️
Got an iPad Mini 6th gen - let's see how it goes on this thing...only ever used it to watch movies and streaming content...lol....
I wonder if these big changes are to prepare for this rumoured foldable iPad with a 15” screen? Be a bit useless if it had a screen that size with the same iPad OS. Still I am not complaining!