IPadOS 16

iPadOS 16
Version of the iPadOS operating system
	iPadOS 16 home screen
Developer	Apple
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	16.7.11 (March 31, 2025) [±]
Marketing target	Tablet computers
Available in	40 languages
Update method	OTA, software update through iTunes, Apple Configurator, or Finder
Package manager	App Store
Platforms	iPad, iPad Air, iPad Mini, iPad Pro
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 on iPads that do not support iPadOS 17. Widespread third-party app support.
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	iOS 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.^[6]^[7] 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.

The public beta of iPadOS 16 was released on July 11, 2022. The public version of iPadOS 16 was released on October 24, 2022^[8] as iPadOS 16.1.^[9]

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.

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