Apple is about a month away from introducing the stable version of iOS 16 for all but this will not be the case with the iPadOS 16. A previous rumor suggested that the company will delay releasing iPadOS 16 by a month and this information has now been confirmed.
Apple has just released the iPadOS 16.1 beta update to the developers and has revealed that iPadOS 16 will be released after iOS 16. This essentially means that Apple will release iPadOd 16.1 to the general public instead of the iPadOS 16.0.
It may end up causing issues for the developers, though. Many are developing apps common apps for both iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 and might have to delay the release to match up with the release timeline of both OSes.