With the new Stage Manager feature in iPadOS 16, you can have multiple windows open on the iPad at the same time. Unfortunately, the feature is only available on iPads with an M1 chip. Still managed to show Stage Manager on an iPad mini – and it looks like this.
Stage Manager on iPad mini
Along with iOS 16, the iPad will also receive a major update to iPadOS 16. This new version of the operating system contains a new Stage Manager function. This makes multitasking a lot easier.
Stage Manager makes it easier to use multiple apps at the same time. The programs you have open, but not used, remain on the left side of the screen. This way you can easily open them again. Unfortunately, Stage Manager is only available on the iPad Pro 2021 and iPad Air 2022 with an M1 chip on board.
It’s a shame that Apple chooses to make Stage Manager only available for iPads with an M1 chip. That while there is a function in the source code of iPadOS 16 that allows Stage Manager to be used on older iPads (such as an iPad mini).
Read More: Feature in iPadOS 16 Shows Stage Manager Works on iPad Without M1
Website 9to5Mac managed to show Stage Manager on the iPad mini. Since there is no jailbreak (to install apps outside of the App Store) for iPadOS 16 yet, they had to find another way. They succeeded by means of an ‘iOS Simulator’. This is an Apple tool that allows developers to test their apps on a Mac.
This is what Stage Manager looks like on an iPad mini
The screen of the iPad mini is of course a lot smaller than the iPad Pro and iPad Air. Still, Stage Manager looks great on the iPad mini. You can open three apps the size of an iPhone screen side by side without any problems. Handy if you want to check Twitter and Instagram, for example, while you are reading a website.
It is also possible to open a larger app window, while leaving everything else in the background. This allows you to easily drag files between the windows. At the moment, the iPad mini already has the option to open three apps at the same time with the Split View and Slide over functions, but it is not possible, for example, to put three apps next to each other.
Here’s even more new in iPadOS 16
Apple unveiled the successor to iPadOS 15 at WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference), its annual gathering for software developers. The new iPadOS version focuses on collaborating with others. For example, you can collaborate on a document by simply pressing a button.
Furthermore, Apple is bringing a few new apps to the iPad, including the Weather app. With this you can not only see whether it will remain dry next week, but also how much precipitation is expected and when. The Weather app also provides information about the temperature.
Read more: This is iPadOS 16 – new iPad version focuses on collaboration
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