iPadOS 16 is coming Monday however you may want a really new iPad to get each function

The first launch of iPadOS 16 for the iPad, iPadOS 16.1, is scheduled to be launched on Monday, October 24, and it’s a giant replace. Along with iOS 16 options together with enhancing despatched Messages and Passkeys, many new iPad-only options are coming as properly to assist Apple’s pill progress from being a much bigger model of the iPhone to its personal system.

That progress comes with some compromises, nevertheless, the primary one being that among the new options will work solely on iPads that use an M1 or M2 chip as a substitute of an A-series processor. In different phrases, you’ll want one of many latest iPad Pros or the most recent iPad Air to run a number of new iPadOS 16.1 options—and a few have much more stringent necessities. Here’s a have a look at the options that require an M1 or M2 processor or different {hardware} necessities.

External show assist

Apple just lately introduced that full exterior show assist is not going to be out there when iPadOS 16.1 is launched. Instead, it is going to be included in an iPadOS 16 replace later this yr.

Stage Manager auf dem iPad und dem Studio Display — To use an iPad Pro with an exterior show, you’ll have to attend for an iPadOS 16 replace that will likely be launched later this yr.

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External show assist works on iPad Pros with an M1 or M2, and it’ll work at resolutions as much as 6K. Apps will likely be accessible by way of the exterior show, drag and drop will operate between the show and the iPad Pro, and Stage Manager is supported. Speaking of which…

Stage Manager

Stage Manager is a brand new multitasking UI and the premier function of iPadOS 16.1. Apple initially mentioned it requires an M1 iPad, nevertheless, it just lately softened these restrictions in order that it now can work on iPad Pros that use A12X (2018) and A12Z (2020) chips. However, these A-series iPad Pros will nonetheless not have the ability to run Stage Manager on an exterior show, and it appears Apple has no plans to make it work in a later replace.

Reference mode

Reference mode, a function on M-series Macs, is the power to show reference shade, which is required in high-end manufacturing environments. iPadOS 16.1 has a brand new Reference mode as properly, but it surely requires a Liquid Retina XDR show, which is simply out there on the 12.9-inch iPad Pro.

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Magnifier Detection Mode and Door Detection

Magnifier in iPadOS 16.1 may have an Accessibility function known as Detection Mode, which supplies descriptions of doorways, folks, and pictures. Door Detection goes additional and might learn indicators round a door, in addition to work out easy methods to open it. To use these new detection instruments, you’ll want a 4th-, Fifth- or Sixth-generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro or a 2nd-, Third-, or 4th-generation 11-inch iPad Pro with an A12Z, M1, or M2 processor.

Virtual reminiscence swap

This function permits the M1 and M2-based iPads to allocate SSD cupboard space to be used as RAM, as much as 16GB. However, to make use of this function on an M1 iPad Air, the system must have at the least 256GB of storage. The iPad Pros don’t have such a restriction.

Also see If you don’t have an M1 Mac or iPad, these are the options you’ll be lacking this fall.