iPadOS 16 brings some new features, especially for M1 iPad users. After ten tests, the company tweaked the features that are exclusive to these iPad users and what more people can take advantage of. Here are the iPadOS 16 features exclusive to the M1 iPad Air and M1 iPad Pro. Let’s have a look!
External monitor support for M1 iPad users running iPadOS 16
Later this year, M1 iPad owners running iPadOS 16 will be able to get proper external display support.
As Apple explains, the iPad Pro with the M1 chip fully supports external displays with resolutions up to 6K, which means you can use different apps on the iPad and the external display. Running iPadOS 16, you can also:
Access apps on an external display: Access your favorite apps and your recent apps from the Dock, or use the App Library to find the apps you want faster;
Drag and drop between iPad and external display: M1 iPad users running iPadOS 16 can drag and drop files and windows from their iPad Pro to an external display and vice versa.
The 12.9-inch M1 iPad Pro gets its own exclusive features on iPadOS 16
Even if you own an M1 iPad, that doesn’t mean you’ll have every feature available on iPadOS 16, as Apple saved one feature to the larger iPad with the new display mode:
Reference Mode: Enables the 12.9-inch iPad Pro with Liquid Retina XDR display to provide reference colors for popular color standards and video formats;
Reference Mode with Sidecar: Use your iPad Pro as a secondary reference display for your Mac.
The 2020 iPad Pro could have its spotlight time too
Exclusive accessibility features for Magnifier on 2020 iPad Pro users or newer iPadOS 16 only:
Detection Mode in Magnifier: Get a rich description of your surroundings with the new Magnifier mode that includes door detection, person detection, and image description;
Door Detection in Magnifier: Find a door, read the signs or labels around it, and get instructions on how to open the door.
Last but not least, if you have an iPad Air 5 or M1 iPad Pro with 256GB of storage, you can take advantage of this feature on iPadOS 16:
Virtual Memory Swap: iPad storage can be used to expand the available memory for all apps and provide up to 16 GB of memory for the most demanding apps.
Stage Manager is now available for the 2018 iPad Pro and newer
Stage Manager was originally released as an exclusive feature for the M1 iPad Air and M1 iPad Pro. Then, by the end of September, Apple announced that the feature would be coming to the 2018 iPad Pro and newer models.
Here’s what you can do with Stage Manager:
Resizable windows: Resize windows so they fit your tasks;
Center app: focus on the app you’re using without going full screen;
Quick access to windows and applications: the window of the application you are using is highlighted in the center, other applications are listed on the left in order of most recent use;
Overlapping windows: Create overlapping windows of different sizes in a single view, giving you control over arranging the ideal workspace;
Group apps together: Drag and drop windows from the side or open apps from the Dock to create sets of apps you can go back to at any time.
These are the features available to M1 iPad users on iPadOS 16. The upcoming iPad operating system will be available in the fall, but you can take advantage of the public beta now.
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