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iPadOS 16.2 Public

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Public release

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iPadOS 16.2 added Freeform, external-display Stage Manager, Apple Music Sing, Advanced Data Protection, and several collaboration improvements.

Date
Dec 13, 2022
Availability
available
Revision
No

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These sources support the recorded date, channel, or availability. A researched release-notes article has not been added.

  1. About iPadOS 16 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 16.2 — additional improvements

  2. About iPadOS 16 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 16.2 — Advanced Data Protection for iCloud

  3. About iPadOS 16 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 16.2 — Apple Music Sing

  4. About iPadOS 16 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 16.2 — Freeform

  5. About iPadOS 16 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 16.2 — Stage Manager

  6. About iPadOS 16 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 16.2

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

feature · introduced

Apple Music Sing

documentedconfirmed

Apple Music added adjustable vocals and enhanced lyrics for supported sing-along tracks.

  1. [1] About iPadOS 16 Updates · iPadOS 16.2 — Apple Music Sing

enhancement · introduced

Stage Manager external-display support

documentedconfirmed

Stage Manager expanded to supported external displays, with up to four apps on each display and cross-display drag and drop.

  1. [1] About iPadOS 16 Updates · iPadOS 16.2 — Stage Manager

feature · introduced

Freeform collaborative canvas

documentedconfirmed

Freeform launched on iPad with Apple Pencil and finger drawing plus a collaborative canvas for mixed media.

  1. [1] About iPadOS 16 Updates · iPadOS 16.2 — Freeform

security · introduced

Advanced Data Protection for iCloud

documentedconfirmed

The optional protection expanded end-to-end encryption to 23 iCloud data categories.

  1. [1] About iPadOS 16 Updates · iPadOS 16.2 — Advanced Data Protection for iCloud

behavior · changed

AirDrop Everyone duration limit

documentedconfirmed

The Everyone receiving setting began reverting to Contacts Only after ten minutes.

  1. [1] About iPadOS 16 Updates · iPadOS 16.2 — additional improvements