Apple has just released iPadOS 26.1 beta 4 for developers. Here’s what to expect from today’s update.
iPadOS 26.1 beta 4 brings us closer to the update’s launch.
The next big software update for iPad brings the return of a key multitasking feature that was removed in iPadOS 26: Slide Over.
Slide Over is officially back in iPadOS 26.1, albeit with a new, more restrictive implementation.
On the plus side, you can now resize the Slide Over window to your liking. But the big downside is that Slide Over now only supports a single app at a time. No longer can you keep a bunch of apps stacked together for easy switching.
Outside of Slide Over, other new iPadOS 26.1 features include:
Apple Music gains a new swipe gesture to change tracks
Apple Intelligence expands to support eight new languages
Photos has a new video playback scrubber
Typically during Apple’s beta software cycles, new features are added in early betas but not so much in later ones. Beta 4 is a big question mark, since normally we would get the RC around now.
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