iPadOS 16

iPadOS 16 is the <a href="/facts/IPadOS_version_history/fClrmH7D">fourth major release</a> of the <a href="/facts/IPadOS/fClrmH7D">iPadOS</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> developed by <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple</a> for its <a href="/facts/IPad/Ql67x0Dw">iPad</a> line of <a href="/facts/Tablet_computer/6pGX2I7b">tablet computers</a>. The successor to <a href="/facts/IPadOS_15/B1SSDT6N">iPadOS 15</a>, it was announced at the company's <a href="/facts/Worldwide_Developers_Conference/hEjVWkoo">Worldwide Developers Conference</a> (WWDC) on June 6, 2022, along with <a href="/facts/IOS_16/GuHcUL3C">iOS 16</a>, <a href="/facts/MacOS_Ventura/6JzKPJML">macOS Ventura</a>, <a href="/facts/WatchOS_9/zH1fkn2R">watchOS 9</a>, and <a href="/facts/TvOS_16/jDMqvvfI">tvOS 16</a>. It received numerous new features, improving multitasking and many other aspects of the operating system, most notably on iPads with Apple's <a href="/facts/Apple_M1/vaTA4u2J">M1 SoC</a> and later.
The public beta of iPadOS 16 was released on July 11, 2022. The public version of iPadOS 16 was released on October 24, 2022 as iPadOS 16.1.
iPadOS 16 is the final version of iPadOS that supports the <a href="/facts/IPad_Pro_(1st_generation)/97mjDhpF">first-generation iPad Pro</a> and <a href="/facts/IPad/Ql67x0Dw">iPads</a> without <a href="/facts/Apple_Pencil/PQglIS8r">Apple Pencil</a> compatibility, especially the <a href="/facts/IPad_(5th_generation)/CGqtvP6R">fifth-generation iPad</a>.

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iPadOS 16