Until 2019, iOS was a dedicated operating system for both iPhone and iPad. The specific characteristics of iPad devices, he determined Apple that starting with iOS 13, a new operating system will appear. iPadOS, dedicated to iPad tablets.
Until this year, the two operating systems received simultaneous updates. Starting in the fall of 2022, iPadOS gets more features than ever before, again Apple decides to skip the version iPadOS 16.0 and provide users iPadOS 16.1. This update will no longer be made with iOS 16, but will be available a little later. After the release of iOS 16 which will most likely take place immediately after the event on September 7, 2022. Event in which Apple will present the new generation iPhone 14 and the new ones Apple Watch.
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iPadOS 16.1 will be the first final release – Skip it iPadOS 16
Users who have iPad enrolled in Apple Beta Software Program they recently received the update to iPadOS 16.1. It is thus confirmed that iPadOS 16.1 will be the first final version for iPad. There won't be iPadOS 16.0.
What's new iPadOS 16.1?
Besides everything features present on iOS 16, Apple put a lot of emphasis on multitasking in future versions iPadOS.
Stage Manager is a feature that allows iPad users to open several applications simultaneously on the screen, with the possibility of interaction between them.
Apple develop this feature with each version of iPadOS and apparently in the future there will be more interactions between applications open simultaneously on the iPad.