Release record

iPadOS 16.0

Superseded by iPadOS 16.1; never publicly released

Full article

Superseded

Recorded milestones: 8
Average interval: 12d
Last recorded: Aug 15, 2022
Public release: Never shipped

Release notes

Overview

Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.

iPadOS 16.0 belongs to the pre-release history, but it did not become the first generally available iPadOS 16 build. Apple’s public launch announcement began iPadOS 16 availability with iPadOS 16.1 on October 24, 2022.^[1]^[2]

The 16.0 cycle still matters historically because its betas and developer documentation introduced the iPadOS 16 SDK and informed testing before the superseding 16.1 public release. This page intentionally distinguishes a tested release cycle from public availability.^[3]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

About iPadOS 16 Updates
Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · About iPadOS 16 Updates — version index begins at iPadOS 16.1
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iPadOS 16 is available today
Apple Newsroom · 2022-10-24T12:00:00Z · Availability
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iPadOS 16 Release Notes
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 16 Release Notes
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About iPadOS 16 Updates
Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · About iPadOS 16 Updates
iPadOS 16 is available today
Apple Newsroom · 2022-10-24T12:00:00Z · iPadOS 16 is available today

Documented & observed

Changes in this version

Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

developerApi · introduced

StoreKit transaction environment metadata

documentedconfirmed

Apps can distinguish the server environment associated with transaction and subscription-renewal information.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · App Store — New Features; 85988753

knownIssue · knownIssue

External-display status bar

documentedconfirmed

The first iPadOS beta records an external-display status-bar failure with a reconnect workaround.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Home Screen — Known Issues; 93211110

developerApi · introduced

SwiftUI multiline text fields

documentedconfirmed

Developers can configure a text field to grow across multiple lines without replacing it with a long-form text editor.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · SwiftUI — New Features; 51463718

developerApi · changed

StoreKit concurrency annotations

documentedconfirmed

The SDK applies concurrency annotations across StoreKit, affecting compile-time isolation and sendability checks.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · StoreKit — New Features; 84157048

developerApi · introduced

StoreKit app-purchase verification

documentedconfirmed

The initial SDK notes describe an app-purchase verification capability for checking App Store provenance.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · App Store — New Features; 86739279

developerApi · introduced

RoomPlan interior capture

documentedconfirmed

The initial state introduces a framework for guided room scanning, live capture data, and 3D model export.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · RoomPlan — New Features; 84170837

behavior · changed

SwiftUI automatic content transitions

documentedconfirmed

Text and image updates adopt automatic animation unless an app explicitly requests no content transition.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · SwiftUI — New Features; 89558882

knownIssue · knownIssue

Matter accessory pairing ownership

documentedconfirmed

Matter accessory setup had account and ownership restrictions in the first retained beta state.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Home — Known Issues; 76012945

knownIssue · knownIssue

Timers absent from the iPad Lock Screen

documentedconfirmed

Apple records an iPad-specific Lock Screen omission for running timers.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Home Screen — Known Issues; 93508904

knownIssue · knownIssue

SwiftUI table-header appearance

documentedconfirmed

The iPad presentation bug came with a documented section-wrapping workaround.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · SwiftUI — Known Issues; 92933472

knownIssue · knownIssue

Cellular iPad activation

documentedconfirmed

The retained state identifies an iPad-specific activation failure affecting clean setup and erase workflows.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Telephony — Known Issues; 93295742

knownIssue · knownIssue

Stage Manager at lower resolutions

documentedconfirmed

The initial iPadOS notes warn that Stage Manager display output could be incorrect below 4K.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Stage Manager — Known Issues; 91981726

knownIssue · knownIssue

App Intents release-build failure

documentedconfirmed

Apple documents a Release-build compatibility problem and a visibility-based workaround for affected intent types.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Swift — Known Issues; 93668260

behavior · changed

SwiftUI scroll-driven keyboard dismissal

documentedconfirmed

Scrolling a list or form now dismisses the keyboard by default, and apps can opt back out.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · SwiftUI — New Features; 89588639

knownIssue · knownIssue

MetalFX creation on M1 iPad

documentedconfirmed

Apple advises using macOS for testing because effect creation could fail on M1 iPad hardware.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Metal Offline Compiler — Known Issues; 93278732

behavior · changed

SwiftUI navigation-bar defaults

documentedconfirmed

Apps adopting the new SDK need to account for revised title presentation and automatic hiding of empty navigation bars.

Recorded at Beta 1

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · SwiftUI — New Features; 84996257

knownIssue · knownIssue

Maps tiles on lower-core iPads

documentedconfirmed

The Beta 2 state adds an iPad-specific Maps rendering and search-preview failure.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Maps — Known issues; 94502723

knownIssue · knownIssue

External-display canvas sizing

documentedconfirmed

The Beta 2 notes recommend display mirroring as a workaround for incorrect external-display sizing.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Home Screen — Known Issues; 93481462

knownIssue · knownIssue

CloudKit simulator launch failure

documentedconfirmed

Beta 2 adds a Simulator-only CloudKit launch problem with a deployment-target workaround.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · CloudKit — Known Issues; 94331191

knownIssue · knownIssue

RealityKit Beta 2 SDK crash risk

documentedconfirmed

The preserved Beta 2 state adds a broad SDK stability warning for the affected RealityKit API.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · RealityKit — Known Issues; 95647020

removal · removed

SKDownload and hosted purchase assets

documentedconfirmed

The Beta 2 document records the retirement path for StoreKit-hosted nonconsumable assets.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · StoreKit — Deprecations; 89764253

compatibility · changed

CoreGraphics image byte-order validation

documentedconfirmed

The Beta 2 notes warn that stricter parameter checking can expose invalid image creation code.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · CoreGraphics — Deprecations; 94855401

bugFix · fixed

Focus Filter deletion after intent rename

documentedconfirmed

The issue moves from App Intents known issue in Beta 1 to resolved in Beta 2.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · App Intents — Known Issues to Resolved in beta 2; 94235463 status transition

knownIssue · knownIssue

Stage Manager keyboard touch events

documentedconfirmed

Apple adds a Stage Manager input-routing issue affecting typing with the on-screen keyboard.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Stage Manager — Known Issues; 92645222

bugFix · fixed

Localized App Intents parameters

documentedconfirmed

The localization failure changes from known in the first state to resolved in Beta 2.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Shortcuts — Known Issues to Resolved in beta 2; 93520037 status transition

bugFix · fixed

SwiftUI custom Layout children

documentedconfirmed

The compiler problem is retained under a resolved Beta 2 heading after appearing as a Beta 1 known issue.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · SwiftUI — Known Issues to Resolved in beta 2; 92914226 status transition

developerApi · introduced

StoreKit price and subscription format styles

documentedconfirmed

Beta 2 adds product-level localization APIs for monetary values and subscription durations.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · StoreKit — New Features in beta 2; 93780442

knownIssue · knownIssue

MetalFX temporal-scaler minimum input

documentedconfirmed

Developers need to respect a temporary minimum input resolution when constructing the temporal scaler.

Recorded at Beta 2

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · MetalFX — Known Issues; 95390607

knownIssue · knownIssue

Parameterized App Shortcut phrases

documentedconfirmed

Beta 3 adds a Siri integration failure limited to parameterized App Shortcut phrases.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 3 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Siri — Known Issues; 96128292

bugFix · fixed

StoreKit recent subscription start date

documentedconfirmed

The issue moves from known in the retained Beta 2 state to resolved in Beta 3.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 3 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · StoreKit — Known Issues to Resolved in beta 3; 93794298 status transition

knownIssue · knownIssue

WeatherKit device authentication

documentedconfirmed

Beta 3 adds an intermittent physical-device authentication issue with relaunch as the workaround.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 3 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · WeatherKit — Known Issues; 95866480

developerApi · introduced

SwiftUI focused objects

documentedconfirmed

The new modifiers pair with FocusedObject so focus can supply an observable object through a view hierarchy.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 3 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · SwiftUI — New Features in beta 3; 83637876

knownIssue · knownIssue

Mail move picker with a hardware keyboard

documentedconfirmed

The retained Beta 3 state adds a hardware-keyboard workflow failure for moving multiple messages.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 3 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Mail — Known issues; 96028740

knownIssue · knownIssue

Share ETA localization

documentedconfirmed

The retained Beta 3 state adds a localization gap in the Maps Share ETA workflow.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 3 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Maps — Known issues; 86537613

knownIssue · knownIssue

WeatherKit Simulator requests

documentedconfirmed

The Beta 3 document separately identifies intermittent WeatherKit failures in Simulator.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 3 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · WeatherKit — Known Issues; 96101505

knownIssue · knownIssue

Camera use on an external display

documentedconfirmed

Beta 3 adds an explicit iPad external-display limitation for camera access.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 3 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · Home Screen — Known Issues; 93877953

developerApi · introduced

SwiftUI scroll-content backgrounds

documentedconfirmed

Beta 3 exposes direct scroll-content background customization in SwiftUI.

Recorded at Beta 3

[1] iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 3 Release Notes (preserved snapshot) · SwiftUI — New Features in beta 3; 45928055

Milestones

Release history

Every recorded channel appearance in chronological order. Open an appearance for any available build, scope, notes, and sources.

Jun 6, 2022
Developer beta
Beta 1
Full articleEditorially verified
iPadOS 16 Beta 1 is represented by 16 source-supported changes selected from Apple’s preserved 143-record initial state; unsupported routes and build numbers are not inferred.
Availability
available
Sources
21 linked
Open this appearance
Jun 22, 2022+16 days
Developer beta
Beta 2
Full articleEditorially verified
iPadOS 16 Beta 2 is represented by 12 source-supported changes selected from Apple’s preserved 175-record initial Beta 2 state; unsupported routes and build numbers are not inferred.
Availability
available
Sources
19 linked
Open this appearance
Jul 6, 2022+14 days
Developer beta
Beta 3
Full articleEditorially verified
iPadOS 16 Beta 3 is represented by 9 source-supported changes selected from Apple’s preserved 192-record Beta 3 state; unsupported routes and build numbers are not inferred.
Availability
available
Sources
16 linked
Open this appearance
Jul 11, 2022+5 days
Developer beta
Beta 3 v2
Timeline onlyLegacy record
Public Beta Release
Availability
available
Sources
Awaiting claim-level sources
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Jul 11, 2022+0 days
Public beta
Public Beta 1
Timeline onlyLegacy record
Availability
available
Sources
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Jul 27, 2022+16 days
Developer beta
Beta 4
Timeline onlyLegacy record
Availability
available
Sources
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Aug 8, 2022+12 days
Developer beta
Beta 5
Timeline onlyLegacy record
Availability
available
Sources
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Aug 15, 2022+7 days
Developer beta
Beta 6
Timeline onlyLegacy record
Availability
available
Sources
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Historical context

Cycle comparison

Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.

Historical avg for major releases

98 days, 12.2 milestones

Based on 5 previous iPadOS .0 releases

Longest gap in this cycle

16 days

Between Beta 1 and Beta 2

Previous .0 releases (iPadOS)

Previous comparable iPadOS releases
Version	Year	Cycle	Milestones	Avg. Interval
iPadOS 26.0	2025	98d	14	8d
iPadOS 18.0	2024	98d	12	9d
iPadOS 17.0	2023	105d	13	9d
iPadOS 15.0	2021	105d	12	11d
iPadOS 14.0	2020	86d	10	10d

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Official release notes