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iPadOS 16 requires iPads with an A9 or A9X SoC or later, which means it drops support for the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 4, both with an A8 or A8X SoC. This also marks the second time Apple has dropped support for older 64-bit iPads. The iPad (5th generation) is the only supported iPad without Apple Pencil support.
The first iPad was released in 2010 and ran iPhone OS 3.2, which added support for the larger device to the operating system, previously only used on the iPhone and iPod Touch. This shared operating system was rebranded as "iOS" with the release of iOS 4 .
The first-generation iPad Pro replaced the iPad Air 2 as the flagship iPad model, with the 9.7 inch version releasing March 31, 2016, and the Air 2 being relegated as the mid-range iPad model. The iPad Air 2 was discontinued on March 21, 2017, as was the iPad Mini 2, alongside the introduction of the iPad (5th generation), which replaced the ...
The iPad (6th generation) is the only supported iPad with the original 9.7-inch display and 2 GB of RAM . iPads with an A10 [ 5 ] or A10X [ 6 ] SoC have limited support. iPads with an A12 , [ 7 ] A12X , [ 8 ] A12Z , [ 9 ] or A13 [ 10 ] SoC get additional features [ specify ] that are unavailable on older iPads.
9 years, 2 months iPad Air 2: October 16, 2014 iOS 8.1: October 22, 2014 March 21, 2017 iPadOS 15.8.3: July 29, 2024 9 years, 9 months iPad Air (3rd) March 18, 2019 iOS 12.2: March 18, 2019 September 15, 2020 Latest iPadOS iPadOS 18.3.1: Supported February 10, 2025: 5 years, 10 months iPad Air (4th) September 15, 2020 iPadOS 14.1: October 23, 2020
iPadOS 15 is the third major release of the iPadOS operating system developed by Apple for its iPad line of tablet computers.The successor to iPadOS 14, it was announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 7, 2021 along with iOS 15, macOS Monterey, watchOS 8, and tvOS 15.
The first iPad was introduced on January 10, 2010, and ran iPhone OS 3.2, which added support for the larger device to the operating system, previously only used on the iPhone and its smaller counterpart, the iPod Touch. This shared operating system was rebranded as iOS with the release of iOS 4 [8] in June 2010.
The 7th generation iPad is the only supported iPad without Apple Neural Engine, while the 3rd generation iPad Air is the only supported iPad with a 10.5-inch display. The new Apple Intelligence functions require iPads with an A17 Pro SoC, or M1 SoC or later, which are only available on the iPad Pro (5th generation and later), iPad Air (5th ...