My iPad Air M1, when I am using an external monitor, only allows me to mirror the display. iPad is updated, Stage Manager turned on, the second display connected either through a hub or directly via HDMI to USB-C cable. It mirrors just fine, but doesn't allow an option to adjust position or extend the display.
Thanks for digging into this. 16.5 was now available to me, and that actually seemed to resolve the issue. Hopefully that works for others that have had this issue in the other discussion you provided.
Thanks for digging into this. 16.5 was now available to me, and that actually seemed to resolve the issue. Hopefully that works for others that have had this issue in the other discussion you provided.
Your monitor’s screen resolution will impact the available settings and external screen capabilities.
While undocumented, testing has demonstrated that 4:3 monitors with a display resolution of 1280x1024 and below are currently only usable with iPad screen mirroring; as such, associated settings to disable screen mirroring in favour of Stage Manager are not available in iPad Display settings.
When used with a 16:9 widescreen monitor, with a native display resolution of 1920x1080 or greater, the full set of Display settings - and access to Stage Manager - become available.
The iPad User Guide lists the upper resolution limit as 6K - but the Guide offers no lower limit, or suggestion of aspect-ratio, being a factor for compatibility:
Connect iPad to a display with a cable - Apple Support
This discussion thread may be of additional interest:
iPad Extended Desktop not working - Apple Community
In conclusion, your monitor must be capable of 16:9 widescreen 1920x1080 (FHD) or greater to support iPadOS16 Stage Manager extended desktop. Unless the monitor meets the minimum required specifications, you will not see the full range of controls in iPad settings.
When mirroring your iPad display to an external monitor, expect to see black bars to infill where the iPad screen doesn’t match the aspect ratio of monitor screen.
Whether or not this is an intentional limitation, or a bug introduced with release of iPadOS 16.4.1/16.5, is unknown.
gido12 wrote:
I have a 10th gen ipad and am connected to a screen with 16;9 aspect and above that resolution but It is still not extending my display.
The iPad10 does not support Stage Manager - but does support Display Mirroring.
Due to limitations of internal hardware, the Stage Manager feature (providing the extended desktop display) is only available for these models of iPad:
Feature availability is usually limited by system hardware - CPU and available RAM being critical to some advanced functionality.
iPad models supporting Stage Manager have an M2, M1 or A12X CPU (upon which the M-series CPUs are reportedly based) - with at least 8GB RAM.
This is happening to me too, I have a 4k portable monitor that only mirrors.
I cannot find the Arrangment setting
is this same issue fixed with ios 17.2. I have to connect a 1024 pixel monitor to my iPad. Would it extend the screen as I am looking forward to buy a vga hub?!
I have a 10th gen ipad and am connected to a screen with 16;9 aspect and above that resolution but It is still not extending my display.
iPad Air M1 Using External Monitor Only Allows Mirroring.
