iOS 4.2 Beta 2 Released To Developers - Brings New Multitasking Animation & More

Following its traditional two week schedule, last night Apple released a new beta of its upcoming iOS 4.2 system to developers. While not as groundbreaking as the first beta, it does bring a couple of new things we're sure you'll be very excited about.

New iPad Multitasking Animation

The major feature of iOS 4.2, is the arrival of multitasking on the iPad. In the first beta, it behaved the same way as on the iPhone. In this new beta, Apple decided that the old animation didn't cut it, and came up with a new one. It consists of having your current screen slide left, while the new one will slide around it horizontally to arrive in the front. You need to see it to understand it (via Macstories):

Game Center Symbols in the App Store

Remember that Game Center distinction Apple added in the App Store a couple of days ago? Well, it has made its way to the mobile App Store as well (via iSpazio):

Optimizations

The new beta has been better optimized for the iPad, and we should see, as iPadevice points out, many performance improvements:

New YouTube options

9to5mac noticed there are more options when uploading YouTube videos.

Further changes

• Improved AirPrint support
• New Beta iTunes version
• Folder syncing in iTunes for the iPad

We'll keep you posted as we learn more.