- The functionality of iPados Stage Manager arrives at more iPads
- This could improve multitasking capabilities for iPad users
- But iPados 26 provides even better features at the iPad than the stage manager
If you are a multitasking fan on one of the best iPads, you have probably been encouraged to see all the new features brought by Apple to iPados 26 at its world developer conference (WWDC). But while these additions are sure to make a sensation for productivity users, the company also extends the existing functionality of the stage manager to even more iPads.
In case you have missed it, the stage manager allows you to group applications in sets, then switch between these sets if necessary. It is designed to help you focus on a task and all the windows you need to finish it, then go to a different task and group of applications. It is available on iPados and MacOS.
With iPados 26, Stage Manager will be available on more iPads than before. Previously, he only worked on the 13 -inch iPad Pro with the M4 chip, the 12.9 -inch iPad Pro (third generation or later), the 11 -inch iPad Pro (first generation or later) and the iPad Air (fifth generation or later).
As indicated on Reddit, in addition to these tablets, the stage manager now also works with the third generation iPad Air or later (not just the fifth generation model), the iPad Mini (fifth generation or later) and the entry -level iPad (eighth generation or later). Essentially, Stage Manager works with any iPad who can execute iPados 26.
Better than the stage manager
The stage manager has proven to be a somewhat divisive functionality since its release – not helped by a launch of Buggy – and it has trouble establishing itself as an essential element of iPados. Although I was intrigued at the beginning, I quickly found that the stage manager was a little half -cooked, and that is never part of my configuration on my iPad or my Mac.
What seems to be much more interesting is the range of productivity tools that Apple added to iPados 26. This includes a Mac -type menu bar, full support of the application that overlapped, window resizing and even “traffic light” buttons used to close, minimize or maximize the application windows. The window tiles in particular is an excellent addition to the iPad, because you get many more window position options than simply using an older functionality such as Split view.
Be able to use an iPad like a Mac offers me much more than the stage manager. This is partly because the Mac type interface is simply more familiar to all those who have already used a computer – there is no new system to learn, as there are with the stage manager. And winning these new tools now makes much more comfortable to work on the move with my iPad, because I no longer need to sacrifice the capacity in the name of portability.
However, with the stage manager coming to more iPads than before, he could always find an audience among Apple fans who have never had access to it. In all cases, combined with the new multitasking features of iPados 26, it is clear that Apple takes a little more management of productivity and the user interface.
