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Slide Over returns to the iPad with the latest iPadOS 26.1 beta

Macworld Apple surprised iPad users earlier this year when it removed Slide Over, the floating mini-window mode that had been ...

Apple is bringing back Slide Over for iPad, and I'm genuinely shocked

Slide Over, a popular iPad multitasking mode, was given the axe in favor of Apple's rearchitected iPadOS 26 windowing experience - but now it's back.
MacStories

Reports of Slide Over’s Death Were Greatly Exaggerated

Well, that didn’t take long. In yesterday’s second developer beta of iPadOS 26.1, Apple restored the Slide Over functionality that was removed with the debut of the new windowing system in iPadOS 26.0 ...

iPadOS 26.1 Beta 2 Reintroduces Slide Over Multitasking

With the second beta of iPadOS 26.1, Apple tweaked multitasking on the iPad to reintroduce the Slide Over feature. Slide Over was removed in ...

iPadOS 26.1 Beta 2: Slide Over is FINALLY Fixed (and What Else is New!)

PadOS 26.1 2 Beta brings enhanced multitasking, audio controls, and productivity tools to elevate your iPad experience.
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Apple brings back Slide Over in iPadOS 26.1 beta 2

By popular demand, Apple has brought back Slide Over in iPadOS 26.1 beta 2. iPad users, including yours truly, were not happy ...

iPadOS 26.1 beta 2 restores Slide Over multitasking back to iPad

Slide Over was removed from iPadOS last month when iPadOS 26 debuted, but the newly released 26.1 beta 2 restores it—at least partially.