Vratislav Holub The iPadOS 16 operating system should be released relatively soon. It should bring similar changes to iOS 16, specifically related to Messages, Mail or Photos, and a number of other novelties. Undoubtedly, however, the greatest attention is being paid to the Stage Manager function, which is supposed to bring about a long-awaited revolution in multitasking. If there's one thing iPads suffer the most, it's multitasking. Although today's Apple tablets have solid performance, the truth is that it cannot be fully utilized due to system limitations.
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The release of the iPadOS 16 operating system has even been postponed due to the mentioned new Stage Manager. Stage Manager will allow users to work on multiple tasks, within several applications at the same time. You can even adjust the size of individual app windows with this one, or it will be possible to have them open on top of each other and switch between them in an instant. Of course, the entire system can also be personalized, thanks to which every apple user will be able to set the function so that it works as best as possible. But the official release of iPadOS 16 is slowly knocking on the door, and apple users are increasingly debating whether Stage Manager will really become the necessary revolution or, on the contrary, just a disappointment.
Stage Manager: Are we in for a revolution or a disappointment?
So, as we mentioned above, the question is currently whether the arrival of the Stage Manager function will bring the long-awaited revolution in the field of multitasking, or whether it will become a mere disappointment. Although iPadOS 16 is due to arrive in the foreseeable future, the function still suffers from relatively strong errors that make its use noticeably unpleasant. After all, the developers themselves inform about this on discussion forums and the Twitter social network. For example, the founder of the MacStories portal Federico Viticci shared his knowledge (@vitici). Already in August, he drew attention to a relatively large number of errors. Although a lot of time has passed since then and new beta versions of iPadOS 16 were released, some shortcomings still remain.
Stage Manager on iPad
Developer Steve Troughton-Smith drew attention to the current errors from the current beta version, who at the same time added a rather bold statement. If Apple were to release the feature in its current form, it would literally destroy its entire iPadOS operating system. The function simply does not work as expected and has a negative impact on the functioning of the entire system. If you make a wrong tap, make an "inappropriate" gesture by mistake, or simply move the applications too quickly, you are practically certain that an unexpected error will happen. Something like this can result in users being afraid to use it, lest they accidentally cause more errors. Although the Stage Manager from iPadOS 16 was supposed to be the best innovation of the entire system, for now it seems the opposite – the function can completely sink the new OS. Additionally, according to Apple, iPadOS 16 is scheduled to be released in October 2022.
No joke, if Stage Manager ships the way it is in this build, it will break iPadOS. I only put a fraction of the stuff I come across on Twitter, but so many little things across the OS and system apps break in weird ways. There are a bunch of ways it can break Messages, now
- Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) October 4, 2022
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Apple's overall approach is also strange. Although Stage Manager is supposed to significantly raise the quality of iPads to a whole new level and solve the fundamental shortcomings that apple users have been intensively drawing attention to in recent years, this does not mean that everyone will get the function. There is a rather fundamental limitation in it. Stage Manager will only be available on high-end iPads with Apple Silicon chips. This limits the function to iPad Pro (M1) and iPad Air (M1), which are available from CZK 16.
In this regard, Apple argues that only newer tablets equipped with Apple Silicon chips have enough power for Stage Manager to work reliably. This statement was reacted quite sharply by the apple fans themselves, according to whom it is stupidity. If it really was a performance issue, it would be more than enough if the feature was available with some limitation on basic iPads. Stage Manager allows you to open up to four applications at the same time, and these options can be expanded even more by connecting an external display, which makes it possible to work with a total of up to eight applications at once. This is precisely why it would be sufficient to limit these possibilities in cheaper models.
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In addition, very briefly it can be said that Stage Manager is an extremely important feature for the iPad family of products for Apple to afford to screw it up. At the same time, it is rather foolish to think that because of one software feature, Apple users will now favor the more expensive iPads en masse. What do you think about the expected news? In your opinion, will it bring the necessary change, or will Apple miss its opportunity again?
