The first liberation of iPadOS 16 for the iPad , iPadOS 16.1 , arrive on Monday , October 24 , and it ’s a big update . Along withiOS 16 featuresincluding editing send Messages and Passkeys , many new iPad - only featuresare coming as well to help Apple ’s tablet progress from being a bigger rendering of the iPhone to its own gadget .
That progress come with some compromises , however , the chief one being that some of the new features will work only on iPads that use an M1 or M2 chip instead of an A - series processor . In other countersign , you ’ll need one of the newest iPad Pros or the latest iPad Air to run several raw iPadOS 16.1 features — and some have even more tight requirements . Here ’s a tone at the feature that postulate an M1 or M2 C.P.U. or other hardware requirements .
Read more : Macs that do n’t have M1 or M2 serial chips will also be missing out . ReadIf you do n’t have an M1 or M2 Mac you wo n’t get these Ventura features .
Stage Manager
Stage Manager is a new multitasking UI and the premier feature of iPadOS 16.1 . Apple originally said it ask an M1 iPad , however , itrecently softened those restrictionsso that it now can work on on iPad Pros that use A12X ( 2018 ) and A12Z ( 2020 ) chips . However , those A - serial publication iPad Pros will still not be able to run Stage Manager on an extraneous exhibit , and it sounds as if Apple has no plan to make it work in a later update .
External display support
extraneous display reenforcement works on iPad Pros with an M1 or M2 , and it will work at resolutions up to 6K. Apps will be approachable through the outside showing , cart and cliff will operate between the display and the iPad Pro , and Stage Manager is tolerate . However , Apple recently announcedthat full external display support will not be usable when iPadOS 16.1 is free . alternatively , it will be included in an iPadOS 16 update later this twelvemonth .
To apply an iPad Pro with an external exhibit , you ’ll have to wait for an iPadOS 16 update that will be released later this class .
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Reference mode
credit modal value , a feature on M - serial Macs , is the ability to displayreference people of colour , which is needed in high - goal production environments . iPadOS 16.1 has a raw Reference way as well , but it requires a Liquid Retina XDR display , which is only uncommitted on the 12.9 - column inch iPad Pro .
cite modality in iPadOS 16.1 requires the 12.9 - in iPad Pro with a Liquid Retina XDR display .
Magnifier Detection Mode and Door Detection
Magnifier in iPadOS 16.1 will have an Accessibility feature call Detection Mode , which provides verbal description of doors , people , and simulacrum . Door Detection exit further and can understand signs around a door , as well as figure out how to unfold it . To practice these new espial tools , you ’ll need a 4th- , 5th- or sixth - generation 12.9 - column inch iPad Pro or a 2nd- , 3rd- , or 4th - contemporaries 11 - inch iPad Pro with an A12Z , M1 , or M2 processor .
Virtual memory swap
This feature allow the M1 and M2 - based iPads to allocate SSD storage blank space for use as RAM , up to 16 GB . However , to apply this feature on an M1 iPad Air , the machine require to have at least 256 GB of storage . The iPad Pros do n’t have such a restriction .
12.9-inch iPad Pro (2021)
11-inch iPad Pro (2021)
iPad Air (2022)
