Split View multitasking support in Gmail app for iPad users

The Split View feature is available immediately to all G Suite and personal Google Accounts. iPad users can use google calendar and Gmail at the same time

New Delhi: Google tweeted about the Split view feature and its multitasking support.

• When using an iPad, you’re now able to multitask with #gmail and other iOS applications. You can use Gmail and #GoogleCalendar at the same time with Split View to check your schedule before replying to an email to confirm a meeting time. Learn more → https://t.co/bK9Qonmpqm pic.twitter.com/nNx2xIloLH

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  When using an iPad, you’re now able to multitask with #gmail and other iOS applications. You can use Gmail and #GoogleCalendar at the same time with Split View to check your schedule before replying to an email to confirm a meeting time. Learn more → https://t.co/bK9Qonmpqm pic.twitter.com/nNx2xIloLH

  — Gmail (@gmail) July 6, 2020

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  When using an iPad, you’re now able to multitask with #gmail and other iOS applications. You can use Gmail and #GoogleCalendar at the same time with Split View to check your schedule before replying to an email to confirm a meeting time. Learn more → https://t.co/bK9Qonmpqm pic.twitter.com/nNx2xIloLH

  — Gmail (@gmail) July 6, 2020

With the Split View feature, one will be able to open Gmail while checking the schedule in Google Calendar to confirm a meeting time, or drag and drop pictures from Google Photos into an email.

Screenshot : Gmail & Google Calendar

"You can use Gmail and Google Calendar at the same time with Split View to check your schedule before replying to an email to confirm a meeting time. Or, you can easily drag and drop pictures from Google Photos into an email without leaving Gmail," the company said in a statement.

Screenshot: Gmail & Google Photos

The feature is available immediately to all G Suite and personal Google Accounts.

To enter Split View from Gmail, one will have to turn on multitasking on the iPad. Then, swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and drag the app want to run alongside Gmail to the left or right edge of the screen.

Apple first added the split view feature to the iPad back in 2015, with iOS 9 and Google added Split View support for Docs, Sheets as well as Slides in 2016.

(Inputs from IANS)