Shubham Kedia, Designer, Human interface
Thanks, Craig. In iPadOS 15, there's a new control that appears at the top of your apps. Tapping on
it reveals the multitasking menu. From here, I can take an app, full-screen, or work with two apps
at the same time by creating a Split View or Slide Over. I'll tap on the Split View icon, and the
app slides to the edge of the screen, giving me quick access to my home screen, where I can easily
select from any of my apps. I've been working on a podcast, so I'll choose Ferrite. And now I can
work with Ferrite and Notes at the same time in Split View. It's also really easy to switch apps
in Split View. If I want to replace Ferrite, I just swipe down, and Notes moves aside, letting me
pick another app from the home screen. Let's select Mail. This works exactly the same way to
choose a new app from either side of the screen. And we brought the same ease of multitasking to
apps with multiple windows. In Mail, I can touch and hold on this message to open it centered on
my screen. This allows me to read the entire email without leaving my current view. And I have
the same multitasking controls here, too, so I can easily move this into Split View or Slide Over.
But I want to save this email and come back to it later. So I can just swipe down to minimize it
into a new area we're calling the Shelf. The Shelf gives me easy access to all open windows of an
app. Let's go to Safari, and you'll see that the Shelf appears automatically when I switch apps.
I often have a lot of Safari windows open, many in Split View paired with other apps, and now
I can just tap to quickly switch between them. I can also add or remove windows right here from
the Shelf. We've also made the App Switcher even more powerful. I can now create a Split View
Just by dragging one app over another. So that's multitasking in iPadOS 15. Now back to you, Craig.