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Major OS release · iPadOS

iPadOS 15

Version 15Sep 20, 202132 public releases · 31 point updates

Software history

Defining features

Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.

Multitasking

The multitasking menu at the top of apps lets you enter Split View, Slide Over, or go full screen

Widgets

Widgets can be placed among apps on your Home Screen

App Library

App Library automatically organizes the apps on your iPad into an easy-to-navigate view

Quick Note & Notes

Quick Note lets you take a note from anywhere in iPadOS by swiping your finger or Apple Pencil

FaceTime

Spatial audio makes people’s voices sound like they’re coming from the direction in which they’re positioned on the screen on Group FaceTime calls (iPad with A12 Bionic and later)

Messages and Memoji

Shared with You shows content sent to you by friends in Messages conversations in a new section in Photos, Safari, Apple News, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, or the Apple TV app

Focus

Focus lets you automatically filter notifications based on what you’re currently doing, such as fitness, sleep, gaming, reading, driving, work, or personal time

Notifications

A new look displays contact photos for people and larger icons for apps

Maps

Detailed city maps display elevation, trees, landmarks, crosswalks and turn lanes, 3D views to navigate complex interchanges, and more in San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and London, with more cities coming in the future (iPad with A12 Bionic and later)

Safari

Tab Groups help you save and organize your tabs and easily access them across devices

Apple feature source ↗

iPadOS

Device support

Archive-product links show the canonical products represented by this project. The full device-name list preserves the broader structured support evidence, including hardware refreshes that do not have their own archive node.

Supported archive products22 mapped products
Full device coverage52 device names
  • iPad (5th generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad (9th generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad (9th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Air (4th generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad Air (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi
  • iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi
  • iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (1st generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (1st generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (2nd generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Pro (9.7-inch) Wi-Fi
  • iPad Pro (9.7-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation) Wi-Fi (1TB)
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular (1TB)
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi (1 or 2 TB)
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular (1 or 2 TB)
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi (1TB)
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular (1TB)
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation) Wi-Fi (1 or 2 TB)
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular (1 or 2 TB)
  • iPad mini (5th generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad mini (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad mini (6th generation) Wi-Fi
  • iPad mini (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
  • iPad mini 4 Wi-Fi
  • iPad mini 4 Wi-Fi + Cellular

Support dropped at this major

No mapped archive product was fully dropped when this major version arrived.

Public releases

Public release history

Every canonical public release assigned to this major version, including the initial release and later point updates.

2021

  1. 15.0Initial major release
  2. 15.0.1Point update
  3. 15.0.2Point update
  4. 15.1Point update
  5. 15.2Point update

2022

  1. 15.2.1Point update
  2. 15.3Point update
  3. 15.3.1Point update
  4. 15.4Point update
  5. 15.4.1Point update
  6. 15.5Point update
  7. 15.6Point update
  8. 15.6.1Point update
  9. 15.7Point update
  10. 15.7.1Point update
  11. 15.7.2Point update

2023

  1. 15.7.3Point update
  2. 15.7.4Point update
  3. 15.7.5Point update
  4. 15.7.6Point update
  5. 15.7.7Point update
  6. 15.7.8Point update
  7. 15.7.9Point update
  8. 15.8Point update

2024

  1. 15.8.1Point update
  2. 15.8.2Point update
  3. 15.8.3Point update

2025

  1. 15.8.4Point update
  2. 15.8.5Point update

2026

  1. 15.8.6Point update
  2. 15.8.7Point update
  3. 15.8.8Point update