Great new iPadOS 16 features for all iPads (not just M1)

June 13, 2022

Floating app windows and support for external monitors are the two big features coming in iPadOS 16.

Alas, thanks to memory requirements, these features only run on iPads with the the Apple M1 processor: the latest iPad Air and the 2021 iPad Pro.

Afraid of missing out, I've been trying to decide between an Air and a Pro, but it's probably a better idea to wait until Apple releases a new M2 iPad Pro in the fall.

In the meantime, a lot of iPad owners have been complaining that iPadOS 16 has little for them because they don't have an M-series chip.

That’s not the whole story. As our writer Ed Hardy spells out, there are some great new features coming to every iPad.

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There’s more to iPadOS 16 than floating app windows. The Files app gets some significant improvements in the upcoming upgrade. There’s a Weather app and great new features in the Mail and Messages apps. Plus, you can hand off a FaceTime call between your Apple computers. These enhancements are available to every iPad that supports iPadOS 16, which is currently in developer beta. So don’t think there’s nothing coming this fall for tablets without an Apple M1 processor. That’s just not true.

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