iPad Productivity

How iPad + External Monitor will Boost Your Productivity and Maybe Save US$161

Is it time to connect a monitor to your iPad? When it gets external monitor support

iPads and external monitors (created by author)

Few deny that the iPad is great for content consumption, but what about content creation? Until now, only diehard fans would say yes, but iPadOS 16.2 changes that.

An iPad with a M1 or later processor can fully exploit an external monitor. Apple has liberated its multitouch wonder to compete on an even footing with other tablets and laptops. Finally!

You no longer need to suffer iPad-claustrophobia when building large spreadsheets or drafting long documents on the mighty tablet. Two full-screen windows can sit beside each other, and the external monitor can be a 6K behemoth.

What? No, the iPad won’t just make the pixels bigger. I’m currently looking at a preview of my Ulysses document on my 4K 28” monitor as I write this. The type is displayed properly.

External monitor support won’t be finalised until iPadOS 16.1’s release in October, but it’s available now in the public iPadOS beta. I’ve been running the public beta since July, and if you stick to the external monitor support, I’ve found it to be stable.