iPad Pro iPad and Ultrawide external displays

[Uktomw]

Hi all,

Long time forum follower but first time poster.

I’m checking to see if any other members have had success in using an Ultrawide monitor with the new iPad external display support?

I’m using an M1 11” iPad with iPadOS 16 B1 and Stage Manager enabled, connected to an Apple Magic Keyboard and a Samsung 43” (3840 x 1200) J890 monitor via usb-c. The display is recognised by the iPad within display settings and will even enable me to change the arrangement of the displays.

However, the output to my external display is just a black screen.

The monitor itself is fine, and is used regularly with my M1 MB Air.

Has anyone had better luck with such larger ultrawide’s?

Thanks in advance.

 

[phuhk]

Hi there, I have the same issue with you on my LG 35” (3440 x 1440 @100Hz).

I did a short research, some of Youtuber has Ultrawide monitor and it still work for them, so I think this problem might not related to Ultrawide aspect, but it's about to monitor resolution.

 

[honzapov]

Hi, I have the same issue. I am trying it with iPad Air M1 and ultrawide monitor Dell U4919DW (5120 x 1440 px) and the same black screen, but recognized (in settings I can also rearrange the monitors etc).

If I change the monitor settings to PBP (so it works like two separate monitors next to each other) then the picture immediately appears. But of course only half of the screen works, so it's kind of a bummer :/

 

[perezr10]

Did you play around with the Zoomed/Standard/More Space settings In the display settings?

 

[Uktomw]

Did you play around with the Zoomed/Standard/More Space settings In the display settings?

Yep, alternated between these settings but didn’t appear to change the outcome. Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[perezr10]

Yep, alternated between these settings but didn’t appear to change the outcome. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Ok, cuz my regular 24” monitor only works correctly in Zoomed mode.

 

[paulmeyers42]

I have the same issue. I submitted it as a bug report, you should do the same. Hopefully they’ll get enough of them and prioritize it

 

[Fmoots]

I have tried with the beta with an LG-UC 99 34" (3440 x 1440) and only get a black screen. Ipad OS does recognise the name on the monitor but seems to be no signal. It will allow me to mirror with same aspect ratio (as in Ipad OS 15) but unable to get the new support to work

 

[Wizec]

These forums are littered with external monitor issues, even for macOS, and they basically never get fixed. I wouldn’t expect iPadOS 16 to work with many monitors. It will be a total crapshoot and your best bet will be if someone starts a list of working monitors to reference.

 

[darngooddesign]

These forums are littered with external monitor issues, even for macOS, and they basically never get fixed. I wouldn’t expect iPadOS 16 to work with many monitors. It will be a total crapshoot and your best bet will be if someone starts a list of working monitors to reference.

It will be curious to see if Stage Manager works with displays that don't work regularly with iPad OS.

 

[vega07]

For those that don’t have it working, have you tried DisplayPort instead of HDMI?

 

[Uktomw]

For those that don’t have it working, have you tried DisplayPort instead of HDMI?

I haven’t yet. My current set up is usb-c to usb-c. Have you managed to get an ultrawide working with either of those connections?

 

[vega07]

I haven’t yet. My current set up is usb-c to usb-c. Have you managed to get an ultrawide working with either of those connections?

I don’t have the iPadOS 16 yet. I’ve never tried connecting my iPad Pro to my ultrawide monitor either.

 

[Ponylover52]

So I saw a video the guy had it on a Ultrawide but it was sorta buggy, and the app windows look weird because they don’t really know how to do the aspect ratio and end up simply stretched with abnormal blank space in margins and such. I would encourage anyone who has it to file a feedback/bug and inquire on improving the support for ultrawide monitors with these aspect ratios, the iPad sees the screen fine, it just appeared that the UI didn’t know how/was oddly stretching from the aspect ratio.

 

[Uktomw]

I’m delighted to confirm that Beta 2 has now (semi*) resolved the issue! My iPad will now output to my external 3840 x 1200 display! On the off chance you’re reading this, my upmost thanks to you Dev team.

*I’ve experienced a few random drop-outs and connection issues but I guess that’s to be expected as this stage.

 

[Fmoots]

I have also tested beta 2 with an LG UC99 3440 x 1440 34inch ultrawide & it now does work and fully fills the screen. Resolution looks nice also. Not sure I’d ever use this in place of my M1 Mac Mini that is currently plugged into the ultrawide, but it’s a good option to have.

 

[jace88]

I have also tested beta 2 with an LG UC99 3440 x 1440 34inch ultrawide & it now does work and fully fills the screen. Resolution looks nice also. Not sure I’d ever use this in place of my M1 Mac Mini that is currently plugged into the ultrawide, but it’s a good option to have.

Do you find the filling of the ultrawide to work sensibly or does it look odd?

I have a 49" super ultrawide so wondering if it's worth upgrading to whatever new iPad Pro gets announced today so that I can use it when working remotely and just need to open Outlook and some Word/Excel files using KB/M all connected to a USB-C docking station.

 

[woodynet]

IpadOS 17.2 Ultra Wide via Thunderbolt is working here , although the big screen has it a little chunky, I tried it also on my LG ultra fine 21" it looked spectacular on that display.