The Apple iPad Pro trackpad supports multitouch gestures

The trackpad will support multitouch gestures like “pinch-to-zoom,” and a three-finger swipe will take the user home. Swiping up and holding with three fingers will open the multitask menu; swiping to the left or right will switch between open apps. Clicking on the status apps in the upper right corner of the screen opens the Control Center. Moving the cursor to the bottom of the screen brings up the dock and sliding the cursor all the way to the right side of the screen will open the Slide Over apps. The trackpad can be used to cycle through all of the open apps open for that feature.

Speaking of Slide Over, Apple employs this and split-screen instead of the traditional windows that are used on computers. This doesn’t cloud up Apple’s message that the iPad Pro can be a viable replacement for a computer. It just means that both a computer and an iPad Pro might be able to get a user to where he wants to go, but both have slightly different paths to get there. And the trackpad doesn’t magically turn the iPad Pro into a computer. While Apple continues to promote the iPad as a laptop substitute, the manufacturer still makes the tablet’s UI distinct from those found on desktop and laptop PCs.

Where Apple says that it has the biggest advantage over laptop and desktop PCs is with its speed. The A12Z chipset that powers the new iPad Pro models features an octa-core CPU and an octa-core GPU. While Apple’s hardware is making the company’s premium tablet more computer-like than ever, the dedicated iPadOS is also helping Apple’s efforts to have consumers view the iPad Pro as a computer substitute. And as Federighi says, ““If you like what you’ve seen us do with iPadOS, stay tuned, we’re going to keep working on it.”