iPadOS 26.2: Slide Over & Split Sight Improvements

iPadOS 26.2 brings back classic Slide Over and Split Sight features, addressing user feedback on multitasking. Improvements enhance window management and app handling.

That claimed, iPadOS 26.2 is a huge action in the best instructions for people still wishing for the pre-iPadOS 26 implementation of Slide Over and Split Sight. It’s additionally terrific to see Apple reacting to feedback at such a fast lane.

Slide Over Returns in iPadOS 26.2

In the preliminary implementation of Slide Over in iPadOS 26.1, Apple covered the fundamentals. You can use the environment-friendly traffic light window control to put an app in Slide Over mode. That window then drifts in addition to your other home windows, and can quickly be hidden when required. Split Sight is turned on similarly.

iPadOS 26 Multitasking Changes

iPadOS 26 brought a brand new multitasking experience to the iPad, yet it came with the expense of Slide Over, a noninclusion that verified controversial among iPad users. It likewise removed vital Split Sight features.

Slide Over is still missing functions like the ability to have a pile of numerous applications. It also still needs that you make use of the new windowing mode in iPadOS 26, so it does not work in Full Display Apps mode.

When you drag the app icon, the window preview morphs to show whether you’re placing it in Split View, Slide Over, or a complete home window. This is very comparable to the iPadOS 18 implementation of the functions.