New functionality is coming to USB-C video output on 2018 iPad Pro, Apple just confirmed

Apple today held a shareholder coming together as well as i of the topics its executives addressed, real briefly, deals amongst video output functionally on the latest iPad Pro models.

According to AppleInsider:

Responding to a tangential question, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, said that novel functionality is coming to USB-C video output on iPad Pro. No to a greater extent than details were made public.

We of late highlighted everything yous tin dismiss create amongst the USB-C port on iPad Pro.

To recap briefly, the currently supported features include charging other devices, connecting to USB-C displays, HDMI monitors or TVs, connecting to hubs, docks, keyboards, well interfaces, MIDI devices, external storage devices, Ethernet adapters as well as other devices.

Craig Federighi answers enquiry nearly "video" output through USB-C from the novel iPad Pro. Says novel functionality inwards that realm coming (jokingly bespeak Cook if he tin dismiss "pre-announce" it, Cook says certain thus gets a express mirth when he asks no i inwards the room to part it broadly)

— Ian Sherr (@iansherr) March 1, 2019

You could create almost all of those things amongst Lightning-based iPads, provided yous paid extra for the correct adapter. With the USB-C protocol directly criterion on iPad Pro, connecting supported external devices is directly easier as well as cheaper because yous don’t demand adapters.

That said, the USB-C port on iPad Pro is currently held dorsum inwards damage of back upwards due to the limitations of iOS architecture as well as the agency Apple hides the underlying file organisation from users.

The variety of pressing questions asked of Tim Cook yesteryear shareholders:
-Can I larn a minute paw on the Apple Watch?
-Why can't I transfer movies over the USB-C port on the iPad Pro?
-What's your strategy for FileMaker for small-scale as well as mid-sized businesses?

— Jack Nicas (@jacknicas) March 1, 2019

For instance, yous tin dismiss connect digital cameras via USB-C to your iPad Pro to transfer photos as well as videos, but yous cannot usage the Files app to browse as well as re-create files as well as folders betwixt a USB-C storage device similar a flash drive as well as your iPad.

If novel video output functionality is coming to iPad Pro similar Federighi acknowledged, it’s in all probability going to hold upwards unlocked yesteryear the iOS thirteen update, which is besides expected to amend how iPad owners interact amongst files inwards full general as well as external USB-C storage devices.

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