One of the things that Apple really fell short on when it comes to the iPhone is the App Switcher. I’m not the only one who thinks that the iPhone could benefit from an iPad-style grid-centric App Switcher, which utilizes a grid rather than a card carousel to display recently used apps and to make them easier to return to.
Apple couldn't bring windowed multitasking to older iPads with the responsiveness you've come to expect from the iPad's multitouch interface.
Apple's iPadOS 26 operating system enhances multitasking with new capabilities while removing the existing Split View and Slide Over modes.
To improve the CarPlay user experience, iOS developer pookjw just this week released a new and free jailbreak tweak called Cauxo that brings a full-fledged App Switcher to the CarPlay user interface.
You may have heard of the terms backgrounded and foregrounded apps before, which essentially refer to apps that run in the background while you do things in other apps and interfaces, or apps that run in the foreground as the front-and-center user interface that you’re actively using.
No iPad mini model has ever supported Stage Manager, Apple's multitasking feature in iPadOS, and that includes the latest iPad mini 7. But you already knew that.
While TrollStore is most commonly known as a perma-signing utility that allows for the permanent installation of sideloadable apps via a CoreTrust exploit, a lesser-known fact is that TrollStore’s powerful CoreTrust exploit offers elevated privileges for your iPhone or iPad’s system. This is what makes TrollStore-centric hacks and add-ons that mimic jailbreak tweak-like functionality possible.
iOS 18 brings Live Activity support for the stopwatch feature, allowing the timer to run in the iPhone's Dynamic Island and the Lock Screen.
One area of the native experience on iPhones and iPads that I feel could do with some improvement is that of multitasking, and it seems I’m not alone because there have been countless jailbreak tweak releases intended to improve the efficiency of quickly moving between apps on jailbroken devices.
It was only a couple of weeks ago that we showed you a work-in-progress jailbreak tweak called Witcher by iOS developer MatoiDev that aimed to replace the native App Switcher’s dull user experience with a more effective and exciting-to-use multitasking interface that utilizes a customizable carousel-like interface.
A couple of years ago, we showed you a free jailbreak tweak called Zetsu by iOS developer Dcsyhi that brought desktop-class windowed multitasking features to jailbroken iPhones. Since then, several new features have been added to Zetsu, highlighting its popularity.
One thing that jailbreakers seem to go nuts over are redesigned App Switcher concepts for the iPhone. While these types of jailbreak tweaks were once commonplace, they aren’t as frequently made for current jailbreaks.