At this point, and just a month after the WWDC23 conference, we know a lot of rumors about iOS 17. However, very few details about it have been discovered or leaked so far. iPadOS 17, iPad operating system. Fortunately that has changed recently.

All we know at the moment about the new iPad software update was a leak showing a list of iPad models compatible with iPadOS 17, leaving out the 5th generation iPad and 1st generation iPad Pro series. Now there are more rumors to share.

Two big innovations of iPadOS 17

The main focus of the team of developers working on the iPadOS 17 software update will be devoted to key functionality coming to iPadOS 16 and a feature that has been on iOS for a while but has yet to arrive on the iPad.

First of all, we are talking about function visual organizer (Scene Manager) and lock screen customization. These will be the two big heroes of iPadOS 17 and two new features that many users are looking forward to.

visual organizer

Visual Organizer manages windows in multitasking

The Visual Editor or Scene Manager is functionality that allows: manage open application windows with a style very similar to the desktop operating system. Resize windows automatically sets appear more accessible than other open windows and applications. Side Menu from the screen.

a Twitter user known as @analyst941 Despite guessing details of the iPhone 14’s design in the past, it has leaked some news that should be taken with a certain skepticism.

iPadOS 17 Stage Manager information:

• External monitor webcam support.

• Audio output source settings.

• Stream multiple audio/video sources simultaneously with Stage Manager open.

• Resizable dock (external display settings only)

• Sleep iPad screen; external display remains on.

—941 (@analyst941) April 30, 2023

Apple, according to its own words, will include some very interesting new features in the Visual Organizer system. Support for external monitors with webcam, adjusting audio sources, resizing the Dock or playing multiple video sources.

Lock screen customization

Too much wasted space on iPad lock screen

In theory, Apple is developing a system that brings all new iOS 16 lock screen customization to iPad with the implementation of iPadOS 17. rearrange items access a wallpaper gallery of the lock screen like time and date, apply filter, link concentration modes add to a wallpaper Vehicle and more.

iPadOS 17 release date

These happened All the news we know about iPadOS 17 thanks to the latest rumors. Note, however, that the iPad operating system will likely receive other improvements from iOS 17, such as a Control Center, a major design change, and other new features.

Apple will present the latest software iOS 17, iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, watchOS 10 and macOS 14 It will be held on June 5th during WWDC23. The first beta of each operating system will be released a few weeks later, but the official public release of iPadOS 17 won’t be available until October 2023.