Sometimes when comparing iPadOS seems to be a bit of the ugly, poor brother of iOS. And there are “core” features and elements that have been present in the iPhone operating system since its inception, it took more than a decade to become available on a tablet. One of the most famous examples that has become a meme is the weather app, something that is still a little difficult to understand why it was not also present in iPadOS from its beginnings.

Recently, as you knowApple had to adopt several changes in the iOS ecosystemas a result of the company being designated as one of the six gatekeepers who, depending on the use of some of its products and services, must comply with a number of other regulations aimed at preventing the abuse of a dominant market position. I won’t go into detail about Apple’s questionable behavior in some ways when it came to making this adaptation, suffice it to say that based on their actions, it was quite evident that they weren’t too happy.

In the initial list presented by the European Union in September last year, only the Apple iOS operating system was present on it, although we already knew at the time that the European Commission was analyzing whether the new rules should also apply. on iPadOS. And even though we had to wait several months, At the end of April, the worst news for those in Cupertino was confirmedbecause the European authority decided to add the iPad operating system to the said list.

It was therefore only a matter of time before the company transferred what was already in the iPhone in Europe to its tablet AND we finally have a date, and it’s official. Well, it comes from the company’s website for developers, more precisely from this publication, in which we can read about it the technological foundation for the arrival of third-party stores on iPadOS will be available from Monday, September 16This means that once this weekend is over and the next one begins, everything will be ready for the landing to begin.

Of course, this does not mean that from Monday the 16th we will find third-party stores installing applications on our iPad. As happened with the arrival of this measure on iOS, developers, as well as companies that want to create stores of this type, will have to go through all the difficult processes that Apple has put in place for this. However, it is also likely that some of them, and I mean Epic Games in particular, they have already made great progress in this regardand therefore its debut on iPadOS will happen sooner rather than later.