Windowed Apps on iPad is a big fail !

[Astuces iOS]

iPadOS 26 promoted a lot this windowed mode but in reality it’s just useless, stage manager still feels better to me, a good thing is stage manager some iPads that didn’t supported this feature but it’s not a huge deal…

I’m not a big fan of stage manager on iPad minis so it’s just cool on some iPads like the iPad Air 4 I guess… Not a revolution here… iPadOS 26 is a fail !

(I’ve being using windowed mode for a couple of months and this opinion)

 

[Davieis]

I predict that next year’s releases on iOS and iPadOS 27, we’ll see an entirely new multitasking system, not to replace the one which shipped with iPadOS 26 but in addition to it, perhaps as an alternative or enhancement. The reason why is because of the foldable iPhone. There will need to be a way for users to use two apps side by side in an intuitive way via touch with this device without relying on tiny click spots. The same method is highly likely to be ported over for use on the iPad. This year’s regression is an embarrassment but also a huge disadvantage when compared with competitors. Android tablets and foldables have fantastic app split functionality which iPadOS in its current state does not and is cumbersome to use. Just thinking out aloud here though.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

I can't believe they shipped this windowing stuff on iPad mini. The issue with iPadOS was never the windowing system - it's stuff like background tasks and rigid memory management.