Expose on ipadOS26

[rickster2kuk]

This is the feature I am really looking forward to as I use it all the time on my Mac.

I can't for the love of me get it to work on the DB1. Perhaps it's not implemented yet as I cannot see any videos outside of the official announcement showing it working.

It seems to be the the expose part is to the right of the main "gridded" recent apps and it works like it does on the Mac but when I try to swipe right on the switcher I get nothing.

More added apps just seem to add onto the task switcher as they used to.

Someone mentioned it only seems to work with native apps at the moment but I couldn't even get this to work. I've also tried switching from Task Manager option to Windowed option and this didn't really work.

Happy to know if its not included and I will wait further down the line for it to appear.

 

[Macintosh101]

Expose is working fine on the beta. when you have multiple windows open, swipe up with 4 fingers on the iPad screen, or a trackpad, and it shows you an overview of all open windows. it works as described and as shown in the WWDC keynote - go to timestamp 1:18:00 👍🏼

 

[cookiemonster89]

Does this also work with the Magic Keyboard for the M4 iPads which have a funtion row? I think the 3rd key from the left is something like Expose.

 

[Joseph C]

It’s so good. Honestly this is by far the biggest and best iPadOS update ever. It’s making me want a 13” iPad Pro.

 

[citivolus]

Funny but for the life of me I thought Expose worked in iPadOS 18 also when swiping up on Magic Keyboard’s trackpad and holding. Am I wrong?

 

[JD2015]

Funny but for the life of me I thought Expose worked in iPadOS 18 also when swiping up on Magic Keyboard’s trackpad and holding. Am I wrong?

It does. In Ipad OS 18 when you do not have stage manager enabled it will show you all your apps opened and you can then touch/click on what app you want to go to. With stage manager enabled you will see all the stages in addition. You can click on an app in that stage and it will just take you to the stage and the way it was. It was challenging to select an app within that stage with expose.


In Ipad 0S 26 the difference are subtle. When in windowed apps mode it will focus on all the apps/windows separately and you can then click on any app and it will then take you back with that in the forefront. This is what happens on a mac.

 

[citivolus]

Thank you for the detailed write-up!