Since its separation from iOS, iPadOS has become, each year more and more, an operating system in its own right. Many features are exclusive to it, including Split View, but also the Quick Note function. The latter, which appeared in the latest version of iPadOS, iPadOS 15, allows you to create a new note in a floating window linked to the Apple Notes application.
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It could be the cornerstone of a brand new app window management system on iPad, according to a new rumor.
Indeed, Majin Bu on Twitter revealed a project in progress in the Cupertino laboratories, which would study the possibility of having application windows on the screen, similar to what the Finder allows on macOS.
Apple is developing a smart system for iPadOS. Apps will continue to open full screen but automatically shrink when connected to keyboard and trackpad. Internally it is called Apple Mixer. We don’t know if it will be included in iPadOS 16 or not, It should be M1 iPad exclusive.pic.twitter.com/1WfMj5TGue
— Request Blood (@RequestBloodOfficial)March 15, 2022
The functionality would be exclusive to iPadOS and only active when a keyboard with trackpad is connected to the tablet.
This project of flying app windows on iPad, named on the internet“Apple Mixer”, would obviously be of great interest to all users who work daily on a tablet. And there are more and more.
It is true that over the years, with keyboard and mouse support, or even thanks to the different modes for multitasking, including Split View, the iPad has become a very valid productivity tool in certain areas. .
It is therefore difficult to fully understand Apple's vision on this subject. Does the Californian firm want to bring iPad and Mac closer together? Are we moving towards a merger of iPadOS and macOS to have a unified system for tablets and computers? Or to reverse it, will Apple continue to separate iPadOS and macOS, although the rapprochement seems more and more obvious?
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