Why Stage Manager & multi-window on iPadOS are a huge untapped opportunity for tech productivity
With iPadOS Stage Manager and external display support, the iPad hardware is finally powerful enough to handle serious multi-window productivity.
Yet, most developer tools and productivity apps still treat iPadOS like a single-screen iPhone app. That’s a massive missed opportunity.
Imagine a mobile setup where you can seamlessly run:
Window 1: A fullscreen remote IDE (VS Code / Codespaces)
Window 2: Your app preview / local browser
Window 3: API documentation or terminal logs
...all scaled cleanly across Stage Manager or an external 4K monitor.
This opportunity is why we're building Vysio (https://vysio.app) a native iPad client designed specifically for cloud IDEs with full Stage Manager multi-window support, external display scaling, and physical keyboard shortcut passthrough.
I'd love to start a discussion:
1. Do you feel developers and app makers are taking full advantage of Stage Manager yet?
2. What multi-window app combination would unlock the most productivity for your daily workflow?

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