In addition to iOS 16.1 Beta 2, macOS Ventura Beta 8, tvOS 16.1 Beta 2 and watchOS 9.1 Beta 2, Apple also pushed out the iPadOS 16.1 Developer Preview Beta 3 update.
Earlier last month, a Bloomberg report revealed that Apple was considering delaying the release of iPadOS 16 until October because the company was unhappy with the experience of the front-of-the-stage scheduling feature. Now that Apple has confirmed that the release of iPadOS 16 has been delayed, developers can install the iPadOS 16.1 beta.
Of course, Apple isn’t directly saying that the release of iPadOS 16 has been delayed due to bugs or other quality issues. Instead, the company claims that this is “a big year for iPadOS” and that it will now have “its own timeline”.
Here is a statement sent by Apple to TechCrunch.
"This year is a particularly important one for iPadOS. As our own platform designed specifically for the iPad, we have the flexibility to deliver iPadOS on our own schedule. iPadOS will be available after iOS this autumn, in version 16.1."
The iPad iOS 16.1 beta has many of the features of iOS 16, but the most important feature is the M1 iPad Air and M1 iPad Pro exclusive front-of-stage scheduling feature, and another important feature is the ability to get external display support. There’s also the iCloud Shared Photo Library feature, which allows users to share a separate iCloud photo library with up to five people who can add, edit, favorite, caption and delete photos. In addition, users can edit, unsend and mark messages as unread. iPadOS 16.1 will also bring a new weather app, similar to the experience on macOS Ventura, with animated backgrounds, more weather details, forecasts, air quality and more.
How to upgrade iOS / iPadOS / watchOS / macOS Dev / Public Beta?
Simply download and install the [description file] to detect the development / public beta update in System Update.
Note: that there may be a slight delay in detecting the update in some locations due to server configuration caching issues on Apple’s regional nodes, usually within half an hour.
