4 Multitasking
iOS lets you switch between apps and run them in the background. That’s cool and all, but it’s not true multitasking. Luckily, multitasking on iPad is a little better. With iPad you can run many of your favorite apps side by side. Also, many video apps let you play content in a picture-in-picture (PIP) window that can be resized and moved around the display.
Mail in iOS lets you swipe draft messages down so you can navigate your mailboxes more easily. And many notifications are actionable so you can reply to a message or update your water intake without leaving the current app.
But it doesn’t stop there. iPad also lets you drag content between apps. Sure, dragging supported apps onto each other results in two side-by-side apps; but, you can also drag media and documents into email messages and more.
So let’s recap: Drag-and-drop content. PIP media. Background audio and processes. Side-by-side apps (oh yeah, you can also slide some apps in and out from the side). Navigate multiple mail drafts and your mailboxes simultaneously. Actionable notifications (oh, and Today View widgets in the Notification Center). And of course good old Handoff which makes it easy to multitask between devices.