Rumor has it that iPadOS 17 will include two new features that iPad users are going to love.
At this point and only a month after the WWDC23 conference, we know a lot of rumors about iOS 17. However, until now, very few details about it have been discovered or leaked. iPadOS 17, the iPad operating system. Luckily this has recently changed.
All we knew at the moment about the new iPad software update was a leak showing a list of iPad models compatible with iPadOS 17 with the 5th generation iPad and 1st generation iPad Pro line being left out. . Now we have more rumors to share.
The two great novelties of iPadOS 17
The main focus of the team of developers working on the iPadOS 17 software update will be dedicated to important functionality that landed in iPadOS 16 and a feature that has been available in iOS for some time but has not reached iPad until now.
First of all, we talk about the function visual organizer (Stage Manager) and the lock screen customization. These will be the two great protagonists of iPadOS 17 and two new features that many users are looking forward to.
visual organizer
The Visual Organizer or Stage Manager is a functionality that allows manage open application windows with a style very similar to a desktop operating system. Resizing the size of the windows adjusts automatically relative to other open windows and applications appear more accessible in a Lateral Menu from the screen.
A Twitter user known as @analyst941 It has leaked certain news that must be taken with a certain degree of skepticism, although in the past it predicted details of the design of the iPhone 14.
iPadOS 17 Stage Manager tidbits:
• External monitor webcam support.
• Audio output source settings.
• Stream Multiple audio/vid sources at once with Stage Manager on.
• Resizable dock (in external display settings only)
• Sleep iPad display; external display stays on.
—941 (@analyst941) April 30, 2023
According to his words, Apple will include very interesting new features in the Visual Organizer system such as support for external monitors with webcam, adjustment of audio sources, resizing of the Dock or playback of multiple video sources.
Lock screen customization
In theory, Apple is developing a system that brings all the new iOS 16 lock screen customization to the iPad with the implementation of iPadOS 17. With the new update, users will be able to rearrange elements of the lock screen such as the clock and date, access a gallery of wallpapers, apply filters, link modes of concentration to a wallpaper, add widget and much more.
iPadOS 17 release date
These have been all the news we know about iPadOS 17 thanks to the latest rumors. Although keep in mind that the iPad operating system will probably also receive other improvements from iOS 17 such as a Control Center, a big design change and other new features.
Apple will present all the latest software from iOS 17, iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS 14 during WWDC23 to be held on June 5. The first beta version of each operating system will be released a few weeks later, but the official public version of iPadOS 17 will not be available until October 2023.