Apple today released iPadOS 26.1, the first major update to the iPadOS 26 operating system released in September. iPadOS 26.1 comes six weeks after ‌iPadOS 26‌.

The new software can be downloaded on eligible iPads over-the-air by going to Settings > General > Software Update.

iPadOS 26.1 reintroduces Slide Over, a multitasking feature that was removed with the multitasking overhaul in ‌iPadOS 26‌.

Slide Over works alongside the window-based multitasking functionality in ‌iPadOS 26‌, so you…