All articles tagged with #multitasking
Apple's iPhone Duo introduces foldable hardware with iPad-style multitasking, side-by-side apps on the inner display, a right-side status bar, hinge-aware features like tent mode, and exclusive camera capabilities such as Smart Take and an external-screen preview—though it lacks some Pro-level camera controls.
Ahead of its October release, hands-on videos of Apple’s iPhone Duo show a folding design with a split keyboard when unfolded, typing on the exterior display, and new landscape layouts for system apps, plus multitasking demos and early camera features, leaving testers intrigued about daily use.
watchOS 27 removes the long-used double-click Digital Crown shortcut for switching between apps, replacing it with a dynamic app grid. Apple says the gesture is freed up for Live Rewind—a 15-second audio transcript feature coming to Series 12 and Ultra 4—leaving older models (Series 11, Ultra 3, SE 3) without Live Rewind and without a built-in option to restore the old multitasking gesture.
Apple's iPhone Duo delivers an elegant splitscreen multitasking experience—letting you run two apps side-by-side with a visible home screen, even supporting video-in-splitscreen and saving app pairs—while criticizing iPadOS for its all-or-nothing multitasking approach, which makes iPad use feel convoluted (even on the iPad mini). The piece urges Apple to bring Duo's simpler multitasking philosophy to the iPad, though it remains excited about the foldable iPhone's software design.
Apple unveiled the iPhone Duo, a foldable smartphone with a bendable display that opens to run two apps side by side; when folded it shows a compact front screen. It starts at $1,999 and ships on Oct. 23, with Apple also demoing AI work and other new devices at its Cupertino event.
Apple’s upcoming iPhone Ultra supposedly beats the iPhone 18 Pro with a dual-display setup (5.5-inch cover and 7.8-inch inner), a foldable, pocket-friendly chassis, and exclusive iOS 27 multitasking features like side-by-side apps and drag‑and‑drop, highlighting its differentiators over the Pro models.
A Tom’s Guide interview with Mark Gurman details Apple’s upcoming iPhone Ultra: a foldable with a 5.5-inch cover and 7.8-inch inner display, MagSafe support, the latest Pro chip and modem, and a durable liquid-metal hinge with a crease-like but improved display. iOS 27 will bring iPad-like multitasking and drag-and-drop between apps. The launch is anticipated alongside the new Pro phones, likely in late October or November 2026, with starting price above $2,000.
The iPhone Ultra is set to feature a roughly 7.8-inch inner display—the largest ever on an iPhone—paired with iOS 27’s landscape layouts and rumored side-by-side multitasking exclusive to Ultra, making it a productivity-focused upgrade for Pro users.
A small study suggests extensive practice can reroute cognitive tasks from the prefrontal cortex to the temporal cortex, reducing the frontal bottleneck and enabling closer to true multitasking. Using fMRI/EEG, participants trained to sort cars showed shifted brain activity after weeks of trials, with broader implications for learning, medicine, and AI.
The article spotlights Samsung’s Edge Panel (a side panel that acts like a universal taskbar) which you can swipe from the screen edge to quickly access apps, recently used items, and tools. It’s available across several Android OEMs (Samsung, Motorola, OnePlus) but not on Google Pixel. To enable: Settings > Display > Edge panels, turn it on, add panels you want, and optionally install Samsung’s Good Lock (Home Up) for deeper customization. It’s praised for multitasking and quick access, with Pixel lacking a built-in equivalent (though third-party options exist).
iPadOS 27 Beta 3 overhauls Siri with a top-swipe trigger, adds customizable voice for supported iPads, and introduces automation that adapts to keyboard presence by switching between full-screen productivity and windowed modes, plus keyboard connect/disconnect events for automations; plus minor visual tweaks like a liquid glass Reminders icon and a new Notification Center animation, with a public beta expected soon.
Georgetown researchers report that extensive practice can relocate a learned task from the prefrontal cortex to the temporal cortex, offloading mental effort and enabling true multitasking, with implications for education, medical training, and AI systems.
Google is expanding testing of its Gemini overlay bubble, which now lets conversations persist after dismissal by shrinking into a floating bubble that can be tapped to resume chat; the latest build adds a gradient Gemini-themed bubble and refreshed animations, but it isn’t yet available on stable Android 17 builds, signaling a staged rollout.
Leaker Jon Prosser's Front Page Tech video-backed renders depict the foldable iPhone Ultra with a wide, iPad-like fold and a titanium frame, measuring about 4.5 mm when unfolded; the device allegedly supports real split-screen multitasking exclusive to the Ultra, with iOS 27 code backing the feature, a dual-camera setup without a telephoto, and specs like an A20 chip and 12GB RAM, rumored to push the price above $2,000.
Google is testing a dedicated Minimize Gemini button to keep Gemini running in the background while you continue using your phone, and a more compact account-switcher UI in both the Google and Gemini apps, signaling a polished UI update that could roll out soon.