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Hang on, did the iPad just become a computer?

David Pierce

created: June 10, 2025, 1:22 p.m. | updated: June 10, 2025, 5:07 p.m.

I genuinely never expected to say this: it appears Apple finally figured out multitasking on the iPad. The new multitasking system is mostly pretty easy to understand. You unlock the iPad and you’re dropped onto the homescreen full of app icons, same as always. I’ve come to think of this space on my iPad as kind of an “app screen,” next to my homescreen, organized and laid out however I like. Image: David Pierce / The VergeWhenever I’ve tried to use multiple apps on the iPad, I’ve always felt like I was fighting the system.

2 weeks, 6 days ago: The Verge