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iPadOS 26 is turning my iPad Air into the ultraportable laptop it was meant to be


I installed the iPadOS 26 beta on my 13-inch iPad Air, and it seems Apple is finally delivering what the iPad has been missing.

(Note: Since I'm testing on the developer beta of iPadOS, this is more of a first-hand demonstration of its latest features, and not a review or testimonial. It's nice to be able to club Lightroom, Express, and Preview in one group, Chrome, Acrobat Reader, and Files in another, and Slack, Asana, and WhatsApp in a third. While the new fluid resizing system makes multitasking a lot smoother, Apple has also borrowed some elements from macOS for a computer-like experience.

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