Apple is launching a brand new M5 iPad Pro this fall, alongside its biggest iPad software release ever in iPadOS 26. Here are the iPadOS 26 features that have me excited to get a new iPad.
New iPad Pro hardware will offer the best iPadOS 26 experience
For years, iPad users have been asking for software that truly takes advantage of the increasingly powerful iPad hardware.
iPadOS 26 is Apple’s long-awaited answer.
I’ve been using an iPad since the first model launched in 2010, and the iPad Pro has been my primary computer since 2015.
Though I have some small iPadOS 26 complaints (mainly the removal of Slide Over), overall what Apple’s pulled off this year is a huge upgrade.
I use an M4 iPad Pro, which arrived last year with a new hardware design and major internal and external changes.
The forthcoming M5 model isn’t expected to have as many changes. But I’m still excited for the new model because of what iPadOS 26 makes possible.
Windowing capabilities
iPadOS 26 lets me freely resize app windows to whatever size I want, and keep as many as 12 apps on-screen at once—far more than I’ll realistically need.
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