As more post-WWDC22 interviews with Apple’s head of software engineering Craig Federighi surface, we continue to understand why Apple is doing this, i.e. why iPadOS 16’s new Stage Manager (pre-stage scheduling) Functionality is limited to iPads with the M1 chip.
The latest interview was reported by Forbes’ David Phelan, who asked Federighi if Apple was trying to get front desk scheduling to work on iPad models that don’t have the M1 chip.In response, Federighi saidApple did some early testing of the feature on other iPads, but Apple wasn’t happy with the experience on those devices.
“We started some prototyping involving these systems, but it became clear that we couldn’t deliver the experience we were designing,” he said. “Of course, we’d love to bring any new experience to every device, but we also don’t want to get in the way of defining a new experience, we want to create the best foundation for the future of that experience. We really only have the ability to build on the M1. Make it happen.”
In an interview shared earlier this week, Federighi said The performance of the M1 chip ensures “instant response” for all applications used in front-of-house schedulingas customers have come to expect from a touch-based interface.
In a statement last week, Apple said that pre-stage scheduling “requires massive memory, incredibly fast storage, and flexible external display I/O, all provided by the iPad with the M1 chip.”
The M1 iPad Pro comes with up to 16GB of memory and a Thunderbolt port, while the previous-generation iPad Pro had 6GB of memory and a USB-C port. The M1 iPad Pro also features up to 2x faster storage and up to 40% more GPU performance than the previous model. The fifth-generation iPad Air also has the M1 chip, but neither the iPad mini, entry-level iPad, nor older iPad Pro models.
As part of iPadOS 16, Front Desk Scheduling allows users to resize iPad apps into overlapping windows to improve the multitasking experience. The feature fully supports external displays up to 6K resolution, allowing users to use up to four applications on the iPad and up to four applications simultaneously on the external display. macOS 13 Ventura also offers a front-desk version for keeping windows front and center.
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