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IPadOS 18

2024 tablet operating system by Apple Inc.

Operating system

iPadOS 18
Support status
Version of the iPadOS operating system

Developer	Apple Inc.
OS family	iPadOS
Source model	Closed with open-source components
Latest preview	18.0 beta^[1] (June 10, 2024; 1 day ago (2024-06-10)) [±]
Marketing target	iPad, iPad Mini, iPad Air, iPad Pro
Update method	Software Update
Preceded by	iPadOS 17
Official website	www.apple.com/ipados/ipados-18-preview/
In developer beta
Articles in the series
iOS 18 (derivative for iPhone)

iPadOS 18 is the sixth and upcoming major release of the iPadOS line of operating systems developed by Apple for its iPad line of tablet computers. The successor to iPadOS 17, it was announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) alongside iOS 18, watchOS 11, and macOS Sequoia on June 10, 2024, and will be released in September 2024.^[2]

iPadOS 18 is the first version of iPadOS to include the Calculator app, as well as Apple Intelligence.^[3]

Supported devices

iPadOS 18 drops support for both the iPad Pro 2nd Generation (12.9 and 10.5 inch), and iPad 6th Generation (2018). Thus dropping support for all iPads with the A10X chip or 2GB of ram and officially marking the end of support for iPads with the original 9.7-inch display. The iPad Pro 2nd Generation marks the first time Apple has dropped support for an iPad featuring superior hardware to some models supporting the new update. This also marks the fourth time Apple has dropped support for 64-bit iPads.

Therefore, the following models are supported:

iPad (7th generation)
iPad (8th generation)
iPad (9th generation)
iPad (10th generation)
iPad Air (3rd generation)
iPad Air (4th generation)
iPad Air (5th generation)
iPad Air 11-inch
iPad Air 13-inch
iPad Mini (5th generation)
iPad Mini (6th generation)
iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation)
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)
iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)
iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation)
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)
iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation)
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation)
iPad Pro 11-inch (5th generation)
iPad Pro 13-inch

References

^ Clover, Juli (June 10, 2024). "Apple Releases First Betas of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, tvOS 18, watchOS 11, and visionOS 2". MacRumors. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
^ Christoffel, Ryan (June 5, 2024). "When will iPadOS 18, visionOS 2, and macOS 15 be released?". 9to5Mac. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
^ "iPadOS 18 introduces powerful intelligence features and apps for Apple Pencil". Apple Newsroom (Canada). Retrieved June 10, 2024.

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