Apple confirms iPadOS 16 delay
At the beginning of this month a rumor surfaced claiming that, for the first time ever, Apple would decouple an iPadOS release from an iOS release this year, outing iPadOS 16 about a month after iOS 16.
Today Apple itself has confirmed just that. In a statement provided to TechCrunch, the company said this:
This is an especially big year for iPadOS. As its own platform with features specifically designed for iPad, we have the flexibility to deliver iPadOS on its own schedule. This Fall, iPadOS will ship after iOS, as version 16.1 in a free software update.
The aforementioned rumor from the beginning of August pegged the culprit for the delay as being the new Stage Manager multitasking feature, that will be available on iPads with Apple M chips only.
In the meantime, Apple has pushed iPadOS 16.1 beta to developers. This would be the first time when a .1 version launches instead of the .0 one, so it's the year of premieres for Apple's tablet software, it seems.
That said, iOS and iPadOS may actually sync up again with this move - with iOS 16.1 releasing at the same time as iPadOS 16.1. Either way, iPhones will have a head start on enjoying the new branch.
Reader comments
- Anonymous
- Q%m
Afraid to compete with Samsung, yet Samsung keeps playing catch-up with everything Apple does from company value to literally stuff Apple does. They mock Apple first then copy it after a few months. Who's scared now?
- David
- 3av
Maybe this is an indication that they might one day charge for iOS updates, good luck with that!
- Samsung user
- KiW
Apple is too afraid to compete with Samsung. Its so easy to predict the newest features of Apple these days. Just look at new Samsung features from 3-4 years ago, always like that. Amoled display? Full screen phone? Bigger phone size? Widg...
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