In short:
- supposed release: October 14
- Stage Manager delays
- public beta available
- developer beta available
- RC 1: August 22 or 23
This will not be the first time in Apple's history that a delay has been encountered before the deployment of a major update. As the usual September keynote that Apple is expected to organize in Cupertino approaches, rumors are increasing about the postponed release date of the iPadOS 16 software,unlike a deployment at the same time as iOSthe previous three times. And several potential explanations have followed one another since these rumors began.
Among these, we can especially cite that of the setbacks encountered by the functionalityStage Manager. Announced during the Worldwide Developer Conference 2022, it revisits the iPad's multitasking mode by capitalizing on intelligent window resizing and layering of apps to work more efficiently. Except that precisely… the development of this solution would not go at all as planned, encountering repeated bugs. So many technical problems that must be corrected with beta versions which continue to follow one another, without the release date of iPadOS 16 RC (release candidate) being known to date.
Another month of waiting?
These are all of these clues that converge towards a single assumption for the release date of iPadOS 16: October 2022. To arrive at such a hypothesis, analysts like Mark Gurman firststudied old keynotesof Apple, who did not deprive themselves of a second edition during, precisely, the tenth months of the years 2018, 2020 and 2021. It would therefore not be very surprising to see the process repeated in the next quarter, Apple taking advantage of it then also to unveil new Macs.
For comparison, the last events discussed here took place on October 18, 2021, October 13, 2020 and October 30, 2018. Respectively a Monday, a Tuesday and again a Tuesday. It is often this second day of the week that is favored by Apple for conferences in California, and most of the time around a month after the first keynote in September. Logically, it therefore seems wise to aimOctober 14, 2022for the iPadOS 16 release date, becausemany already assume that the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro will be announced on September 7(it often takes seven days between the keynote and the public update). This information must of course be considered with a certain amount of caution, including a margin of error of around ten days to match other bets of the moment.
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It is also good to remember that you can test an advanced version of iPadOS16 right now, in public beta. Since July 11, everyone has access to it upon simple requestas explained right here for iPhones(the process is essentially identical on a tablet). The latest beta version of iPadOS 16 is the sixth and it is hereAugust 15, 2022for developers first, for others a few hours later. This is the first - and the only one, we hope, but nothing is less certain - RC which should follow next.
Good to know, however: there is no point in rushing to the release date of the next iPadOS 16 beta, because Apple expects in return that you give it feedback on possible incidents. This is certainly not obligatory, but to play the game and even to guarantee you a smooth experience,better to waituntil the final version if you are not among the most informed users. What's more, you will be sure that after the release date Apple will be able to offer you free and flawless support in the event of a problem.
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