We're used to iOS and separate iPadOS releases for tablets happening on the same day. The company got us used to this almost with the first iOS 4 release in the summer of 2011: both iPhones and iPads received it at the same time.
But the year 2022 brings changes of its own. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, iPadOS 16 will be released a month later than usual.
One could argue here: Apple showed off iPadOS 16, but didn't give a release date. That's true. And the company never says at WWDC exactly when public versions of its new operating systems will be released. However, several of Mr Gurman's sources have confirmed that Apple wanted to unveil iPadOS 16 along with iOS 16 by the end of July, but then decided to postpone.
What does it have to do with?
Mark Gurman doesn't give an exact answer to this question. However, he is very unflattering about the performance of the existing iPadOS 16 betas. For example, one of the claimed features doesn't work properly. It's Stage Manager, a redesigned multitasking mode:.png "iPadOS 16")
The idea is interesting, but the implementation is lame. The feature is unavailable on most of those iPads that iPadOS 16 is available to. It constantly crashes, apps take up too much space, and it's not intuitive. Apple has become so frustrated with Stage Manager that they've made it optional and pluggable in Control Center, nonsense for a company that's blithe about its innovations.
What problems could arise?
The iOS 16 release will bring several new features. For example, there will be a function to edit and cancel messages in iMessage, a shared iCloud photo library, and new tools for collaboration and hanging out. And all of this won't be available to iPad users for about a month after iOS 16 is released.
Where does this leave us?
As surprising as this may sound, it will lead to Apple releasing iPadOS along with macOS in the coming years. This has to do with the company trying to make iPads closer to macs than iPhones. And Stage Manager, which will appear on macOS Ventura as well, is a clear proof of that.
Technically, this could be a kind of sign that would symbolise the convergence of the two different operating systems. Such a future looks more logical, especially if we consider the fact that Apple is facing a crisis of ideas regarding tablets: they are wildly powerful, but what to do with this very power?
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