iPads could get more Mac-like features soon
By the time Apple releases M5-powered iPads, using iPadOS may feel closer to working on a Mac, according to Bloombergas Mark Gurman in todayas Power On newsletter. It wonat be macOS running on a tablet, but he writes that the changes will be significant enough to make people who want such a thing happy.
Updates to iPadOS coming this year will be focused aon productivity, multitasking and app window management a with an eye on the device operating more like a Mac,a according to Gurman. He says these changes are due aabout a yeara after the release of the M4 iPad Pro, a fantastic tablet with far more power than its software demands.
Gurmanas report doesnat give any indication of what Appleas updated multitasking will look like, and itas best to reserve any excitement until we see more. Back in 2022, Apple added Stage Manager to iPadOS 16, a feature that enables windowing and also groups app windows together in a dock-like collection on the side of the display. It might have seemed like an exciting change if you wanted to be able to ditch your MacBook, but what shipped felt too half-hearted to be a useful step in the direction of a proper desktop operating …