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One of the key new features of iPadOS 16 is Stage Manager, which allows users to resize apps into overlapping windows for an improved multitasking experience. Stage Manager also fully supports an external display, allowing users to work with up to four apps on the iPad and up to four apps on the external display at the same time.
To the disappointment of some users, Stage Manager is limited to iPad models with the M1 chip, including the latest iPad Pro and iPad Air. In a statement shared with Rene Ritchie, Apple explained its reasons for this limitation by claiming that the Stage Manager Experience requires “large internal storage, incredibly fast storage, and flexible external display I/O, all delivered by iPads with the M1 chip.”
Apple’s full statement of how shared by Ritchie:
Stage Manager is a fully integrated experience that offers a whole new window experience that is incredibly fast and responsive, allowing users to run 8 apps simultaneously on the iPad and an external display with a resolution of up to 6K. Delivering this experience with the immediacy users have come to expect from the iPad’s touch-first experience requires large amounts of internal memory, incredibly fast storage, and flexible external display I/O, all of which are featured on iPads with the M1 chip to be provided.
For example, the M1 iPad Pro is available with up to 16GB of RAM, compared to 6GB on the previous generation iPad Pro. Apple also said that the M1 iPad Pro has storage twice as fast as the previous generation model.
While the Stage Manager feature is limited to iPad models with an M1 chip, iPadOS 16 as a whole is compatible with all iPad Pro models, third-gen iPad Air and later, fifth-gen iPad and later, and fifth-gen iPads Compatible iPad mini and newer. The update is currently in developer beta, with Apple planning to release a public beta in July. iPadOS 16 is scheduled to be released to all users around September.
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