It’s been a month and a few days since the official launch of iPadOS 18.1 for the iPad, where the artificial intelligence platform Apple Intelligence is the main star. Now, after messing around with the beta phase for a few weeks, iPadOS 18.2 software update is now real and can be downloaded.

In principle, iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 updates were expected to be released at the end of November. However, updates have been delayed until today.

In addition to the new version of iPadOS 18.2 for iPad, Apple has also officially released iOS 18.2, watchOS 11.2, macOS Sequoia 15.2, VisionOS 2.2 and tvOS 18.2 software updates. iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, Apple Vision Pro and Apple TVrespectively.

How to download iPadOS 18.2 to iPad

Apple introduced iPadOS 18.2 for supported iPad models

Apple an automatic update process on most cases and devices. With this iPad software update, all you have to do is press a button and everything will work automatically.

• Open Settings on your iPad.
• Go to section General.
• Access the section software update.
• press the button Discharge It is located below the iPadOS 18.2 description.
• Wait for the download and installation of iPadOS 18.2 to complete.
• Finally your iPad will restart to apply all the changes.

Main new features of iPadOS 18.2

Image Playground allows you to create any image with a short description

The iPadOS 18.2 software update, just like the previous version of the operating system, includes a number of very interesting artificial intelligence innovations for Apple Intelligence. The Californian company, led by Tim Cook, continues to gradually introduce new artificial intelligence improvements, functions and services. There is high-level news this time with iPadOS 18.2. The improvements added in the update are:

• Image Playground: It is one of Apple Intelligence’s most important AI features, offering the ability to AI-generate images through text commands or based on other photos.
• Genmoji: Another great news of iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2. Genmoji allows you to create emojis with artificial intelligence in different versions.

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• ChatGPT: Apple also finally introduced ChatGPT support. It will be fully integrated into the artificial intelligence assistant Siri.
• Visual Intelligence: The Visual Intelligence feature is designed to provide real-time information about everything around you through the camera and is only available for the iPhone 16 series.

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Additionally, Apple has added other improvements to apps like Photos, Safari, and Mail. In the Photos app, the user interface for video playback has been redesigned to now display in full screen.

iPad models supported by iPadOS 18.2

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The new software update for iPad is compatible with all iPad devices that can install the original version of iPadOS 18. Below is the list of iPad models compatible with iPadOS 18.1:

• iPad mini (5th generation)
• iPad mini (6th generation)
• iPad mini (7th generation)
• iPad (7th generation)
• iPad (8th generation)
• iPad (9th generation)
• iPad (10th generation)
• iPad Air (3rd generation)
• iPad Air (4th generation)
• iPad Air (5th generation)
• iPad Air (6th generation)
• 11-inch iPad Pro (1st generation)
• 11-inch iPad Pro (2nd generation)
• 11-inch iPad Pro (3rd generation)
• 11-inch iPad Pro (4th generation)
• 11-inch iPad Pro (5th generation)
• 11-inch iPad Air (6th generation)
• 12.9-inch iPad Pro (3rd generation)
• 12.9-inch iPad Pro (4th generation)
• 12.9-inch iPad Pro (5th generation)
• 12.9-inch iPad Pro (6th generation)
• 13-inch iPad Pro (7th generation)

On the other hand, it is also worth noting that not all iPad models are compatible with Apple Intelligence. Apple’s artificial intelligence platform is available iPad devices with Apple Silicon M series processors. That is, starting from the iPad Air M1 and iPad Pro M1.

Here’s everything you need to know about the iPadOS 18.2 software update for iPad. Before you start downloading and installing iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2, note that it is recommended to make a backup copy of your iPhone and iPad to keep all your files safe. It is also important to free up storage space from time to time to have enough space for backups and, of course, software updates. Some of these updates can weigh around 10 GB.

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