Apple announced just now that the iPadOS 16 upgrades will begin to roll out beginning on Monday, October 24th. This year, the firm separated the release date for the tablet version of its mobile operating system apart from the release of iOS 16. The newest software will be pre-installed on the new iPads when they are released, and it will also be made available as an update for all iPad Pro tablets as well as the basic model iPads (5th generation and later), iPad mini (5th generation and later), and iPad Air (3rd generation and later).
Based on our experiences with preview versions, Stage Manager, a new feature for iPadOS 16, which is expected to deliver laptop-level multitasking, is a major factor in the delay. However, after initially announcing it only for the newer tablets, Apple now says the feature will work on older iPads too, albeit without the support for external displays that will be added to the feature with another update due later this year. It should be able to take advantage of the M1 (and now, in new iPad Pro tablets, M2) chips where available.
In addition to Stage Manager, iPadOS 16 will also include a number of new features that are exclusive to iOS 16, such as the ability to edit or unsend iMessage communications, and the Weather app.
