The iPad Got Complicated

When iPadOS 26 was revealed at WWDC25 last year, it was kind of a shocker. Free windowing and multitasking! A menu bar! Mac-like stop lights! 🚥 It was a lot. Tech influencers declared iPad Utopia was upon us. My expectations were high, but reality has been different — not utopia. In fact, it’s a bit of a letdown. On one hand, the iPad is still a great device. On the other hand, iPadOS 26, despite welcome improvements, didn’t really “change the game,” at least not for me. The once simple table...