iPadOS 26.2 is rolling out now, and it makes multitasking much easier – here's what's new

• iPadOS 26.2 is now on the way to users
• One of the main upgrades is around multitasking
• Other improvements match iOS 26.2

As well as launching iOS 26.2 and macOS 26.2 over the last couple of days, we of course also have iPadOS 26.2 rolling out now to millions of iPads worldwide. If your Apple tablet works with iOS 26, it will also work fine with the new update as well.

The headline new feature, as noted by 9to5Mac, is an improvement to the way multitasking works. In fact, the upgrade was previously introduced with iPadOS 18 last year, before being removed when iPadOS 26 was pushed out.

Now it's back: it means you can once again drag an app icon from the dock or from your Spotlight results into a Slide Over or Split View multitasking layout. It just makes ...