iPadOS 16, the update delayed by Apple, already has a release date, according to Mark Gurman

If you have an iPad and are waiting to enjoy all the what’s new in iPadOS 16, we have good news for you. They don’t come directly from Apple, but from Mark Gurman. Renowned Bloomberg journalist ensures that the long-awaited —and delayed— update of the operating system “is scheduled to arrive for the week of October 24”.

However, and this has been confirmed by Apple, the update will arrive directly as iPad OS 16.1. In other words, due to the change in the launch scheme, let’s remember that iOS 16 has already been with us for weeks, the Cupertino company will skip the iPadOS 16 version. In other words, in an unusual move, a version will be skipped.

Why has Apple delayed iPadOS 16?

For a long time, iOS and iPadOS have been released simultaneously, but version 16 of the system has changed things. The iPhone version came first, while we are still waiting for the iPad update. And, as we know, Apple is a fairly secretive company, so many details of its decisions remain behind closed doors.

The main motive behind the release scheme change would be Stage Manager. The operation of the new visual organizer, which will also be present in macOS Ventura, still not very tunedso Apple would have had to redouble its development efforts to improve it before bringing it to the stable version of the system.

According to MacRumos, the Cupertino company has improved Stage Manager in recent weeks for beta users of the new version of the operating system. It has even expanded its availability to older iPad Pro models (albeit with some limitations), specifically those with A12X and A12Z chips released in 2018 and 2020, so the functionality would be closer to completion.

For now, we just have to wait to see if Gurman’s predictions come true and iPadOS 16.1 arrives the week of October 24 for all models of iPad Pro, iPad Air third generation and later, iPad mini fifth generation and later, and Fifth generation iPad and later. Possibly, for those dates we will also see the launch from iOS 16.1 and macOS Ventura.

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