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Sep 20, 2021 · iPadOS 15 is a free software update that is available starting today for iPad mini 4 and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and all iPad Pro models. For more information, visit apple.com/ipados/ipados-15. Some features may not be available in all regions or all languages.
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By Tom Bedford, Daryl Baxter
last updated 21 July 2022
iPadOS 15 is now available
iPadOS features spread (Image credit: Apple)
iPadOS 15 is now available to iPad users. In fact, you can now get all the way up to iPadOS 15.6, with iPadOS 16 now on the horizon.
•What is it? The third version of iPadOS, an operating system for iPads
•When did it come out? September 20
Alongside announcing the iPad (2021), iPad mini (2021) at the September 14, 2021 event, Apple also announced that iPadOS 15 would launch on September 20, which it did.
Since then, we've seen a variety of smaller updates, with iPadOS 15.6 - a July 2022 release - being the most recent. That might well be the last update we get before iPadOS 16.
Apple confirmed iPadOS 15 will come to 'iPad mini 4 and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and all iPad Pro models'. So what does that mean? Well, all the iPads listed below:
•iPad Pro (2015) / Pro (2017) / Pro (2018) / Pro (2020) / Pro (2021)
•iPad Air 2 / Air 3 / Air 4
•iPad (2017) / (2018) / (2019) / (2020)
•iPad Mini (2015) / Mini (2019)
The same is true of all the iPadOS 15.x releases, so all of those devices will also be able to get iPadOS 15.6.
Lots of the new iPadOS 15 features are actually features of iOS 14 that have received a rejig. Below we've highlighted the key changes coming to your iPad.
Widgets were added in iOS 14, but they were locked to the home screen in a panel on the left... for some reason. That wasn't the case for iPhones, and it made the iPad widgets hard to use.
That's changed in iPadOS 15, so you can put widgets wherever you want. There are also widgets for more apps than before, including new widgets for the App Store, Find My, Game Center, Mail, and Contacts, and widgets now come in different sizes than they did before.
An iOS 14 feature that we're finally getting on iPadOS is the App Library, which is a menu where you can list all your apps on a separate screen, much like the app drawer on Android.
It also sorts your apps into categories, so this is a good way to keep all your tools organized if you're a disorganized person, and file your apps by their function or frequency of use.
Another 'new' feature that isn't actually new is multitasking, so you can dual-screen apps and keep them off to the side if you're not using them.
It's not clear how this is different from the current split-screening feature, as the 'shelf' or list of apps to swap between when you're multitasking already exists in prior iPadOS builds.
The way to enable split-screen is different though, as instead of dragging or dropping apps around, a separate menu at the top of the screen lets you enable Split View or Slide Over with a tap.
There's also now quick access to the home screen from Split View, and the ability to use keyboard shortcuts to set up and switch between Split View and Slide Over.
The iOS Notes app has turned into Google Docs, by the sounds of it. You can tag people into documents, see a revision history and more.
One other new improvement is the ability to easily bring up a Quick Note by swiping up on the screen with the Apple Pencil, giving you a way to easily sketch a note or write down an idea.
You can use this while another app is on the main screen, and then copy some data from the app that's open, like the URL of a website.
There are also new ways to tag notes, which means you can categorize your notes and find them through a new feature called the Tag Browser.
iPhones have access to Apple's Translate app, which is basically like Google Translate but made by Apple.
This app is now coming to iPadOS, so you can convert text and spoken words between languages. You can also translate things in other apps, like emails in foreign languages for example. And with Auto Translate the app will detect when someone is speaking and in which language, and translate it without having to hit a microphone button.
FaceTime has a variety of improvements, and the biggest of them is a feature called SharePlay that allows you to listen to songs together over Apple Music or watch TV shows in sync, with shared playback controls.
It's sort of like Netflix Party, a feature many used during the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020, but specifically for Apple devices and through the company's services like streaming platforms.
There's a new Live Text feature too, which recognizes text in a photo and allows you to take a relevant action, such as calling a phone number in a picture, or translate the text. This pairs with Visual Look Up, which can identify objects in a photo.
Updates to Safari meanwhile include a new tab design, and a Tab Groups feature for saving and managing tabs.
- Tom Bedford
Sep 20, 2021 · Both new iPad-exclusive and iOS 15 features are coming to the iPad, with the tablet gaining helpful multitasking tricks, widgets on the home screen, Notes app upgrades that remind us of...
Jun 15, 2021 · iPadOS 15 is compatible with the iPad mini 4 and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and all iPad Pro models, and was released on September 20, 2021. iPadOS 15 is being...
Sep 15, 2021 · iPadOS 15 will be released on 20 September 2021. It was announced during the 14 September Apple iPhone Event event. Will my iPad be able to get iPadOS 15? Many iPads will be updated to...
Quick Note gives you a fast and easy way take notes over any app or screen. New translation features and the Translate app for iPad help you better understand the world around you. FaceTime calls sound and feel more natural with Audio and video enhancements, including spatial audio and Portrait mode.
