Apple announced during WWDC 2023 iPadOS 17A new version of the operating system for iPad with some new features from iOS 17 and additional improvements to make the most of the screen size of these devices.
One of the main novelties of iPadOS 17 is the ability to interact with widgets on the main screen. Thus, now we can perform some actions from the screen itself without entering the application.
iPadOS also allows you to customize your lock screen. similar to what we did for a year in iOS 16. This way, iPad users will be able to customize the clock and add various widgets on the side of the screen that display relevant information, such as events in the Calendar app, weather, alarms in the Clock app, and etc. In iPadOS 17, you can also create different wallpapers, as well as lock them and switch between them by holding down a key on the screen or using different concentration modes.
iPadOS 17 also supports some of iPadOS 16’s most notable features, such as visual organizerwhich allows you to resize windows and switch from one application to another with a single click.
Apple also introduced Health app on iPad, still exclusive to the iPhone. iPadOS 17, on the other hand, improves work with PDF files. Now we can edit them with new controls and further customize documents without using third-party applications.
iPadOS 17 supported iPad models
iPadOS 17 will be officially released in September along with iOS 17 and other new versions of Apple’s operating systems. These are the models that may be compatible with the new iPad update, but Apple has yet to confirm.
- iPad 9.7″ (2018)
- iPad Air 3 (2019)
- iPad mini 5 (2019)
- iPad 10.2″ (2019)
- 10.2″ iPad (2020)
- iPad Air 4 (2020)
- 10.2″ iPad (2021)
- iPad mini 6 (2021)
- iPad Air 5 (2022)
- 10.9″ iPad (2022)
- iPad Pro 11″ (2022)
- 12.9″ iPad Pro (2022)
iPad Pro models compatible with iPadOS 17.
- iPad Pro 11″ 2018)
- iPad Pro 12.9″ (2018)
- iPad Pro 11″ (2020)
- iPad Pro 12.9″ (2020)
- iPad Pro 11″ (2021)
- 12.9″ iPad Pro (2021)
- iPad Pro 11″ (2022)
- 12.9″ iPad Pro (2022)
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