In addition to iOS 17, Apple is also launching iPadOS 17 this year. Unfortunately, not all iPads will receive the latest update anymore. Which iPads will get iPadOS 17 and which will not?
Apple releases iPadOS 17
Apple gives almost all devices a software update. iPadOS 17 will be released for the iPad this year. The first beta version of iPadOS 17 will probably appear again in June, with the final release in September. With the iPadOS update, a completely new app will probably come to your iPad and alternative App Stores will finally be allowed.
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Furthermore, not much is known about the new functions for the iPad with iPadOS 17 (yet). In any case, it is expected that the update will have similar functions as iOS 17. Are you curious which functions will come to your iPhone with iOS 17? Check out all the new expected features of iOS 17 here. Unfortunately, iPadOS 17 is not coming to all iPads. Which generation of iPad does the update come to?
iPadOS 17 is coming to these iPads
There will be no support for iPadOS 17 for a number of iPads. It is not expected that the fifth generation iPad will receive a new update. The first generation iPad Pro (both the 9.7-inch and the 12.9-inch version) also has to do without iPadOS 17. The new update will come to these iPads:
- iPad 2018 (sixth generation)
- iPad 2019 (seventh generation)
- iPad 2020 (eighth generation)
- iPad 2021 (ninth generation)
- iPad 2022 (tenth generation)
- iPad mini 2019 (fifth generation)
- iPad mini 2021 (sixth generation)
- iPad Air 2019 (third generation)
- iPad Air 2020 (fourth generation)
- iPad Air 2022 (fifth generation)
- iPad Pro 2018 (second generation)
- iPad Pro 2020 (third generation)
- iPad Pro 2021 (fourth generation)
- iPad Pro 2022 (fifth generation)
More software updates at WWDC 2023
In addition to iPadOS 17 for your iPad, WWDC 2023 will probably also release updates for your iPhone, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Watch. Apple will then launch tvOS 17, watchOS 10 and macOS 14. It remains to be seen whether these will be major updates, because the attention of Apple’s developers has mainly gone to Apple Reality in recent months.
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