The iPad are powerful and versatile devices that, rightly, lead the competitive tablet market. However, its main weak point has always been in the software: Ipados has failed to live up to the impressive hardware that accompanies it, leaving behind the experience offered by a Mac. But this is about to change.
This, above all, was more noticeable in the brutal iPad Pro, devices as capable as a MAC but that, due to its operating system, do not finish exploiting.
The weak point of the iPad: its operating system
But we are all in luck because, according to the renowned Mark Gurman, who usually bring us the best and most reliable leaks about Apple's plans, he said in his Newsletter that Ipados will be “more similar to macOS than ever.” The only bad thing about this statement is that it has not entered into more specific details, but it has confirmed three areas in which we will see important changes: productivity, multitasking and window management.
The new operating system for Apple tablets, Ipados 19, which will be presented at the World Developer Conference (WWDC) on June 9 And it will officially arrive on September, promises to bring with them the expected changes that have been waiting for the Tablets users of the Cupertino company.
In terms of productivity, Apple is expected to enter more advanced functions that allow working with several applications at the same time in a much more fluid way. Although Split View and Stage Manager mode have been important steps, they are still far from offering the flexibility and power of a macOS environment. The new iPados 19 could allow move windows with more freedomchange its size without restrictions and even minimize and maximize apps, as is done on a computer.
Multitasa in iPad
The second great axis of this evolution will be multitasking. Today, although you can have several open apps, the experience is still somewhat clumsy and limited. Everything indicates that Apple will completely redesign the way applications coexist on the screen. The possibility of allowing work with more than three apps at the same timesomething unthinkable in previous versions, or even improve the virtual desk system, as in macos with Mission Control.
And the third point, window management, could mean the most visual and tangible change for the user. Apple has always been very conservative in this aspect, betting on a simple touch interface. But with the new IPADS compatible with keyboards and mouse, the times have changed, making the leap to a traditional window system.
The WWDC 2025 will be the scenario where all these changes are announced, where Apple will present Ipados 19 and the arrival of iOS 19, Macos 16 and the rest of Apple software updates. It is not ruled out that Apple shows any exclusive demo for the new iPad Pro, highlighting precisely these improvements in multitasking and window management.
Although so far no image has been leaked, Gurman's statements have been enough to light the enthusiasm among users. Many professionals want a tablet with the lightness of the iPad but the versatility of the MAC, and if Apple manages to balance both, we could be before the birth of a new device category that combines the best of two worlds.
