iPadOS 16 just tipped into true desktop mode — and I couldn’t be more excited

An iPadOS rumor says Apple’s tablet software could get two major upgrades at WWDC 2022 that I really want to happen: desktop mode and resizable app windows.

This comes from the developer Steve Troughton Smith (Opens in a new tab), after researching newly committed code for Apple’s open source WebKit, the engine that Apple developers use to build browsers for the iPhone and iPad. Inside it, he found the reviewer (Opens in a new tab) to a previously unknown switchable multitasking mode that enables resizing of entire app windows on iPadOS. He compares it to how Windows 10 or Windows 11 switched to tablet mode, making the operating system easier to use with touch controls.

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