{"id":221996,"date":"2025-10-13T17:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/221996\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T17:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:19:09","slug":"ipados-26-1-beta-3-and-more-now-available-as-public-launch-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/221996\/","title":{"rendered":"iPadOS 26.1 beta 3 and more now available as public launch nears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/iPadOS-26.1-b3.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"iPadOS 26.1 beta 3\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple has a new wave of betas ready for testing: iPadOS 26.1 beta 3 and more are now rolling out for developers.<\/p>\n<p>Apple releases iPadOS 26.1 beta 3 alongside other 26.1 updates<\/p>\n<p>Today Apple released its latest versions of the forthcoming iOS 26.1 family of updates.<\/p>\n<p>iPadOS 26.1 is so far the biggest highlight for one main addition: Slide Over.<\/p>\n<p>Slide Over was <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/06\/09\/psa-ipados-26-removes-split-view-and-slide-over-multitasking-features\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">removed from iPadOS 26<\/a> after Apple implemented its brand new windowing system. However, many users (myself included) found that the new system couldn\u2019t replicate what Slide Over offered in iPadOS 18.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately in iPadOS 26.1, <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/10\/06\/ipados-26-1-beta-2-restores-slide-over-multitasking-back-to-ipad\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slide Over is back<\/a>\u2014but with a different feature set than before.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ipados-26-1-slide-over.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1022651\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>As of last week\u2019s beta 2, Slide Over only supported a single app at once. In iPadOS 18, you could put a whole stack of apps in Slide Over mode and easily switch between them.<\/p>\n<p>On the pro side, iPadOS 26.1 lets you resize the Slide Over window to a size of your choosing. Previously, you were stuck with an iPhone-sized tall, narrow window.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s beta 3 might introduce more Slide Over changes, such as possibly the return of support for multiple stacked apps. We\u2019ll keep you posted on any updates we discover.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond iPadOS 26.1 beta 3, Apple has also released new betas for tvOS 26.1, visionOS 26.1, and the rest of its major platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Even though we\u2019re only on beta 3, Apple is <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/09\/30\/ios-26-1-release-date-heres-when-to-expect-the-next-iphone-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">expected to ship<\/a> its lineup of new software updates some time before the end of the month\u2014likely in about two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Have you discovered anything new in iPadOS 26.1 or Apple\u2019s other beta 3 updates? 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