Why can't my iPad mini 2 support split view?

[thisisjn]

why can't iPad mini 2 support split view?

is it a hardware limitation (RAM) or Apple just wanted everybody to buy their latest?

 

[anon(9602380)]

Re: why can't iPad mini 2 support split view?

Welcome to iMore. It is due to the RAM. Apparently 2GB of RAM is required to run the split view feature.

 

[scruffypig]

Slide over works. That is good enough for me.