The iPad can finally update to iPadOS 16 (versioned as iPadOS 16.1), so if you’re interested in nice new features you’ll likely want to run the new operating system on your iPad.

If you’re new to the platform you may be unfamiliar with installing software updates, but not to worry, it’s simple, as you’ll soon see.

Is my iPad compatible with iPadOS 16?

Being able to run iPadOS 16 is important, since not all iPad models will support the release.

iPadOS 16 is compatible with all iPad Pro models, any iPad Air from 3rd gen or newer, any iPad 5th and newer,…