<s>
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
developed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
its	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
line	O
of	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
forked	B-Application
from	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
used	O
by	O
Apple	O
's	O
iPhones	B-Device
,	O
and	O
given	O
a	O
new	O
name	O
to	O
reflect	O
the	O
diverging	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
product	O
lines	O
,	O
particularly	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
's	O
multitasking	B-Operating_System
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
introduced	O
as	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
13	I-Operating_System
in	O
2019	O
,	O
reflecting	O
its	O
status	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
12	I-Operating_System
for	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
,	O
at	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
2019	O
Worldwide	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
on	O
September	O
24	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
public	O
release	O
is	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
16.4.1	I-Operating_System
,	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
7	O
,	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	B-Operating_System
iPad	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
10	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
ran	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
3.2	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
larger	O
device	O
to	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
previously	O
only	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
its	O
smaller	O
counterpart	O
,	O
the	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
shared	O
operating	O
system	O
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
"	O
iOS	B-Application
"	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
operating	O
system	O
initially	O
had	O
rough	O
feature	O
parity	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
,	O
and	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
variations	O
in	O
user	O
interface	O
depending	O
on	O
screen	O
size	O
,	O
and	O
minor	O
differences	O
in	O
the	O
selection	O
of	O
apps	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
over	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
variant	O
of	O
iOS	B-Application
for	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
incorporated	O
a	O
growing	O
set	O
of	O
differentiating	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
picture-in-picture	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
display	O
multiple	O
running	O
apps	O
simultaneously	B-Operating_System
(	O
both	O
introduced	O
with	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
in	O
2015	O
)	O
,	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
dock	O
that	O
more	O
closely	O
resembled	O
the	O
dock	O
from	O
macOS	B-Application
than	O
the	O
one	O
on	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
(	O
added	O
in	O
2017	O
with	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
11	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standard	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
apps	O
were	O
increasingly	O
designed	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
optional	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
physical	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
emphasize	O
the	O
different	O
feature	O
set	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
to	O
signal	O
their	O
intention	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
platforms	O
in	O
divergent	O
directions	O
,	O
at	O
WWDC	O
2019	O
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
variant	O
of	O
iOS	B-Application
that	O
runs	O
on	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
would	O
be	O
rebranded	O
as	O
“	O
iPadOS.	O
”	O
The	O
new	O
naming	O
strategy	O
began	O
with	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
13.1	I-Operating_System
,	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
22	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
at	O
WWDC	O
2020	O
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
14	O
,	O
with	O
compact	O
designs	O
for	O
search	O
,	O
Siri	O
,	O
and	O
calls	O
,	O
improved	O
app	O
designs	O
,	O
handwriting	O
recognition	O
,	O
better	O
AR	O
features	O
,	O
enhanced	O
privacy	O
protections	O
,	O
and	O
app	O
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
14	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
on	O
September	O
16	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
7	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
at	O
WWDC	O
2021	O
,	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
15	O
was	O
announced	O
with	O
widgets	O
on	O
the	O
Home	O
Screen	O
and	O
App	O
Library	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
features	O
that	O
came	O
to	O
iPhone	B-Device
with	O
iOS	B-Application
14	O
in	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
15	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
at	O
WWDC	O
2022	O
,	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
16	I-Operating_System
was	O
announced	O
with	O
a	O
Weather	B-Application
app	O
and	O
Stage	O
Manager	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
included	O
in	O
iOS	B-Application
16	O
,	O
excluding	O
a	O
customizable	O
lock	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
features	O
of	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
are	O
also	O
available	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
;	O
however	O
,	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
contains	O
some	O
features	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
lacks	O
some	O
features	O
that	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
in	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
14	O
,	O
Scribble	O
converts	O
text	O
handwritten	O
by	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
Pencil	I-Device
into	O
typed	O
text	O
in	O
most	O
text	O
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
15	O
,	O
widgets	O
can	O
be	O
placed	O
on	O
the	O
home	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
15	O
,	O
Translate	O
is	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
16	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
Weather	B-Application
app	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
had	O
previously	O
only	O
been	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
16	I-Operating_System
has	O
another	O
new	O
feature	O
called	O
Stage	O
Manager	O
that	O
automatically	O
sorts	O
windows	O
by	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
