Siri AI
iPadOS 27 introduces a more capable and conversational Siri with personal context understanding, app actions, onscreen awareness, broad world knowledge, and conversation sync through the dedicated Siri app.
Major OS release · iPadOS
iPadOS 27
Software history
Defining features
Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.
Visual Intelligence with Apple Pencil
Visual Intelligence can search, answer questions, or act on onscreen content, while Apple Pencil can be used to highlight the exact content you want to ask Siri about.
Apple Intelligence across apps
The next generation of Apple Intelligence expands across iPad apps with new writing, image-generation, automation, Home, Mail, and Calendar capabilities.
Intelligent photo editing
Photos adds Spatial Reframing, Extend, and an improved Clean Up tool for changing composition, expanding images, and removing larger distractions.
Safari intelligence
Safari can automatically group tabs by topic, monitor webpages for changes with Notify Me, and generate custom extensions from natural-language descriptions.
Parental controls and Screen Time
New family controls make it easier to manage communication, browsing, content, app access, and appropriate digital experiences for children.
System refinements
iPadOS 27 includes wider improvements to design, performance, connectivity, search, and everyday responsiveness.
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 products23 mapped products
- iPad (10th generation)
- iPad (9th generation)
- iPad (A16)
- iPad Air 11-inch (M2)
- iPad Air 11-inch (M3)
- iPad Air 11-inch (M4)
- iPad Air 13-inch (M2)
- iPad Air 13-inch (M3)
- iPad Air 13-inch (M4)
- iPad Air (4th generation)
- iPad Air (5th generation)
- iPad mini (6th generation)
- iPad mini (A17 Pro)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (M4)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (M5)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation)
- iPad Pro 13-inch (M4)
- iPad Pro 13-inch (M5)
Full device coverage50 device names
- iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi
- iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad (9th generation) Wi-Fi
- iPad (9th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad (A16) Wi-Fi
- iPad (A16) 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 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi
- iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi
- iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Air 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi
- iPad Air 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi
- iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi
- iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Air 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi
- iPad Air 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- 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 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi
- iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi
- iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Pro 11-inch Wi-Fi (M5)
- iPad Pro 11-inch Wi-Fi + Cellular (M5)
- 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 Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi
- iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Pro 13-inch Wi-Fi (M5)
- iPad Pro 13-inch Wi-Fi + Cellular (M5)
- iPad mini (6th generation) Wi-Fi
- iPad mini (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi
- iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular
Support dropped at this major
Archive products
Device names in support data
- iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi
- iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi
- iPad Air (3rd generation) 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 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 mini (5th generation) Wi-Fi
- iPad mini (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
Public releases
Public release history
Every canonical public release assigned to this major version, including the initial release and later point updates.
2026
- 27.0Initial major release