At Monday’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Apple announced enhancements throughout its system apps and a new software look called “Liquid Glass,” coming soon to compatible iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches,

Possibly the biggest announcement in iPadOS 26 is the updated windowing system that will turn your multitasking game up to 11. Apple's blurring the lines between its operating systems with the latest iPad update. Any fear it may have had about the iPad cutting into Mac sales seems to be gone, as iPadOS makes the two feel more similar than ever.

Long before WWDC 2025 kicked off, I said the big operating system redesign rumored for all of Apple’s products this year wasn’t just some sort

Apple’s iPadOS 26 brings Journal, Games, Preview and Phone apps to your iPad, alongside a new bold look and multitasking upgrades.

When Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi introduced the new multitasking UI in iPadOS 26 at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference this week, he did it the same way he introduced the Calculator app for the iPad last year,

Here's the lowdown on the next version of iPadOS, including the new features expected to arrive on supported iPads when iPadOS 26 is released.

iPadOS 26 gives the iPad its biggest windowing redesign ever, letting users resize app windows, place them where they want, tile them, and open more windows at once than before. The new OS also features a new menu bar for the iPad, as well as a new Preview app and file navigation system.

Phone XR and XS handsets are equipped with Apple's A12 Bionic chipset, while the 7th generation iPad (2019) carries an A10 Fusion chip.

I’ve been using the iPadOS 26 beta for the past 24 hours on my iPad Pro 11 with M4, and it has completely transformed my iPad experience. Here’s how.

If you want to be among the first people to try iOS 26, here's everything you need to know on how to download it, and more.