Gadgetory

i OS xi can do a lot of things in the ipad does it turn it into a laptop well not exactly but iOS 11s public beta is here to download and it definitely adds a lot to your iPad or iPad pro some of its great other things take some getting used to but keep in mind this is a beta do not install on your main device or make sure you backup everything first that being said here's what you can do pencil does more if you have one in an iPad pro tap the iPad and you can take notes instantly in notes or you could do the same thing with a PDF you can mark up anything now actually just by taking a screenshot this will come in handy sooner or later like so you could already split-screen multitasking iPads before but i OS 11 also adds a new dock like a MacBook keine you can fill it with over a dozen apps plus a few that pop up based on recent history or Siri recommendations but swiping is different now you swipe up to get the dock drag an app into place and then swipe down on the app to snap it into split view swipe up one more time and now you have all the open apps including ones in side-by-side mode that you can swap between next to all this is a new compact control center pull of a completely redesigned layout of quick access buttons that can be reconfigured in settings in split view there's also a new drag-and-drop feature there works with pictures links and some other things but it takes some getting used to to figure out how to drive and a third app can pop up on top of the other two but still none of these can be configured beyond a few preset modes in iOS there is a files app that's a place to find all your files or create folders for your documents is it useful hard to tell because I'm not used to having a place to access all my files on an iPad but it's a lot easier to start collecting documents on the go finally the on-screen keyboard does have flickable keys that can make entering numbers and symbols easier this plus a lot of other things watch our iOS 11 video on the iPhone 4 more all work on the beta the iPads pencil benefits of time for multitasking it could be great but it also feels like a whole new set of gestures to learn