iPadOS 16
iPadOS 16 is the fourth major release of the iPadOS operating system developed by Apple for its iPad line of tablet computers. The successor to iPadOS 15, it was announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 6, 2022, along with iOS 16, macOS Ventura, watchOS 9, and tvOS 16. It received numerous new features, improving multitasking and many other aspects of the operating system, most notably on iPads with Apple's M1 SoC and later.
| Version of the iPadOS operating system | |
iPadOS 16 home screen | |
| Developer | Apple Inc. |
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| Written in | C, C++, Objective-C, Swift, assembly language |
| OS family | Unix-like, based on Darwin (BSD), iOS |
| Source model | Closed with open-source components |
| General availability | October 24, 2022 |
| Latest release | 16.7.7 (20H330) (March 21, 2024) [±] |
| Marketing target | Tablet computers |
| Available in | 40 languages |
| Update method | OTA, software update through iTunes, Apple Configurator, or Finder |
| Package manager | App Store |
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| Kernel type | Hybrid (XNU) |
| Default user interface | Cocoa Touch (multi-touch, GUI) |
| License | Proprietary software with open-source components |
| Preceded by | iPadOS 15 |
| Succeeded by | iPadOS 17 |
| Official website | iPadOS 16 at the Wayback Machine (archived November 22, 2022) |
| Tagline | Incredibly capable. Unmistakably iPad. |
| Support status | |
| Receiving security updates for iPads that do not support iPadOS 17. Widespread third-party app support. Drops support for all A8 and A8X chips, including the iPad Air 2, and the iPad Mini 4. | |
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| iOS 16 | |
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 first-generation iPad Pro and iPads without Apple Pencil compatibility, especially the fifth-generation iPad.