3. Larger Dock

Being limited to six items in the dock on an iPad never really made sense to me, and in iOS 11, that cap has been more than doubled. Now your iPad can hold 13 apps and folders in the dock, with 3 additional spots for proactive, recent, or handoff apps. The reason this matters goes back to multitasking and the new app switcher.

Much like macOS, The dock can be invoked at any time by swiping from the bottom of the screen (similar to Control Center in previous iOS versions) when you’re in an app. A short swipe will summon only the dock to the screen, while a longer swipe will pull up the dock, the switcher, and control center. This gives you consistent, quick access to launching apps into multitasking. Having that speedy access to your most used apps certainly offers a potential boost to productivity, which is the goal of any good computer.