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Craig Federighi explains why it took so long to make the iPad more Mac-like

Craig Federighi explains why it took so long to make the iPad more Mac-like | Close-up of windowing on the iPad

iPadOS 26 arguably brings the biggest update to the iPad ever seen, turning it into something much more Mac-like in both UI and capabilities.

But since iPads have been using the same chips as Macs since 2021, why did it take so long? That’s the question Apple’s software head Craig Federighi sets out to answer in a new interview …

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With iPadOS 26, Apple has finally turned the iPad into a computer

With full windowing, Apple has finally turned the iPad into a computer | Windowing seen in Apple's keynote

With the announcement of iPadOS 26, Apple has finally done something it had seemed to be resisting for well over a decade: turning the iPad into a computer.

Apple has long sent mixed messages about the device, sometimes arguing that it is a computer, and other times arguing that iPads and Macs are two very different devices with two very different roles …

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