Apple has launched the next update for its iPads with the announcement of iPadOS 18 at WWDC 2024. This version gets all the major changes from iOS 18 and then some. These include support for on-device and cloud AI, new ways to interact with Siri, a new password app, redesign of the Photos app, and finally a calculator app (yes, finally). Here are all the supported devices that will get the new iPadOS 18 update.
iPadOS 18 features not available on older iPads
Apple M-powered iPads will be able to run iPadOS 18 along with some older models that came with the older A-series chips. However, the availability of some features may be limited on iPads backed by A-series chips.
With on-device AI features, it's possible that Apple could restrict certain features from iPads that don't run on an M1 chip or later. The list above confirms that iPadOS 18 is not coming to the 2018 iPad and 2017 iPad Pro, so iPadOS 17 will be the last major update available for those models.
As is usually the case, regular users can also get a taste of the new iPadOS version in a few weeks (probably in July) when the Public beta is released. We can expect the stable version of iPadOS 18 to arrive in September or October for all supported devices.
