Some of the best iPadOS 16 features are only for the newest and priciest iPads

That progress comes with some compromises, however, the main one being that some of the new features will work only on iPads that use an M1 or M2 chip instead of an A-series processor. In other words, you’ll need one of the newest iPad Pros or the latest iPad Air to run several new iPadOS 16. 1 features—and some have even more stringent requirements.

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