iPad Would Thunderbolt support on iPad Pro fix issue with external monitor sidebars?

[MuckrakerJG]

Basically, the title.

If I plug my iPad Air with USB C into an external monitor, there are sidebars because it’s a different aspect ratio.

If the new iPad Pro that is rumored to get upgraded to Thunderbolt support through USB C comes out, will that fix the monitor issue? No more sidebars when using a Thunderbolt connection to a monitor? Or dare I suggest, even getting to use the display as additional space and not just mirroring the iPad?

Otherwise, what’s the point of Thunderbolt? Just faster speeds? Sorry if it’s a dumb question.

 

[chrfr]

Basically, the title.

If I plug my iPad Air with USB C into an external monitor, there are sidebars because it’s a different aspect ratio.

If the new iPad Pro that is rumored to get upgraded to Thunderbolt support through USB C comes out, will that fix the monitor issue? No more sidebars when using a Thunderbolt connection to a monitor? Or dare I suggest, even getting to use the display as additional space and not just mirroring the iPad?

Otherwise, what’s the point of Thunderbolt? Just faster speeds? Sorry if it’s a dumb question.

Thunderbolt is faster and allows more types of devices to connect. The external display aspect ratio limitation is due to how Apple has set up iPadOS, not that the iPad only has USB-C.

 

[MuckrakerJG]

Ok, thank you. I think I’m gonna wait to get the new MacBooks then instead of upgrading to iPad Pro.

 

[AutomaticApple]

Thunderbolt is faster and allows more types of devices to connect. The external display aspect ratio limitation is due to how Apple has set up iPadOS, not that the iPad only has USB-C.

Yeah, it could easily be fixed VIA a quick software update.

 

[Digitalguy]

Basically, the title.

If I plug my iPad Air with USB C into an external monitor, there are sidebars because it’s a different aspect ratio.

If the new iPad Pro that is rumored to get upgraded to Thunderbolt support through USB C comes out, will that fix the monitor issue? No more sidebars when using a Thunderbolt connection to a monitor? Or dare I suggest, even getting to use the display as additional space and not just mirroring the iPad?

Otherwise, what’s the point of Thunderbolt? Just faster speeds? Sorry if it’s a dumb question.

TB has nothing to do with aspect ratio. Aspect ratio depends on iPadOS and on individual apps. So even if Apple implements it at a OS level, apps that don't update their aspect ratio options would still have bars... By the way, apps can already take full advatnage of an external monitors if they want to, but most see no point, other than for projecting videos or similar, since you cannot run apps separately on 2 screens (as you can on desktops OSs or on Samsung Android tablets, where you can have DEX on the external monitor and the regular tablet on the tablet screen, at the same time). TB will have no impact on this.

 

[sparksd]

Yeah, it could easily be fixed VIA a quick software update.

May depend on how much work apps have to do outside of the iOS change. As Digitalguy mentions, developers already have access to window sizing in their apps. But it won't be just an iOS change that makes this happen.

 

[sparksd]

TB has nothing to do with aspect ratio. Aspect ratio depends on iPadOS and on individual apps. So even if Apple implements it at a OS level, apps that don't update their aspect ratio options would still have bars... By the way, apps can already take full advatnage of an external monitors if they want to, but most see no point, other than for projecting videos or similar, since you cannot run apps separately on 2 screens (as you can on desktops OSs or on Samsung Android tablets, where you can have DEX on the external monitor and the regular tablet on the tablet screen, at the same time). TB will have no impact on this.

The more I think on this the more I wonder how much Apple needs to do here other than make their screen interface and native apps adapt to different display sizes using the hooks already in iOS. And if an app supports multitasking, it must support some window resizing already.

 

[Digitalguy]

The more I think on this the more I wonder how much Apple needs to do here other than make their screen interface and native apps adapt to different display sizes using the hooks already in iOS. And if an app supports multitasking, it must support some window resizing already.

Yes but it's not 16:9 as most monitors.... And IMO the big issue is not just supporting the ratio, but what do you do on the tablet? Can you multistask on the tablet AND on the monitor? If so, which devices are excluded, 2 and 3GB devices?

 

[sparksd]

Yes but it's not 16:9 as most monitors.... And IMO the big issue is not just supporting the ratio, but what do you do on the tablet? Can you multistask on the tablet AND on the monitor? If so, which devices are excluded, 2 and 3GB devices?

Yeah, it's not a simple problem.