iPadOS 27 Preview
Introducing Siri AI.
Truly helpful. Truly yours.
iPadOS 27 coming this fall.
Siri AI coming in English later this year.
iPadOS 27 coming this fall.
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New Siri AI. An even more capable AI assistant with expanded intelligence to be more helpful every day.1
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Type or talk naturally with Siri AI to find what you need and get more done.
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Next-generation Apple Intelligence enhances the apps you use most — like Photos, Messages, and Safari.2
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Visual Intelligence on iPad lets you learn more and take action about virtually anything onscreen.3
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New, intuitive child safety features help make it easier for parents to protect kids on iPad.
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An expansive set of improvements across key areas that makes your iPad even more responsive and delightful.
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Just ask Siri AI.
Powered by Apple Intelligence, Siri AI is your conversational AI assistant with entirely new capabilities on iPad. Ask open-ended questions, brainstorm ideas for work or creative projects, and engage in natural, back-and-forth conversations.
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Siri understands your personal context.
Siri AI can find relevant answers to what you’re looking for just by asking. Search for a photo from years ago, easily locate an email buried in your inbox, or pull up a note you saved on your iPad.
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Take action in more apps.
Siri AI can take actions in apps like Messages, Music, Reminders, and more based on what you’re doing in the moment. Quickly edit a message you just sent or add a song from a show you’re watching to your workout playlist.
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Tap into broad world knowledge.
Ask about virtually any topic that’s on your mind, from more information about an article you just read to recipes and gaming tips. Siri AI can reference information online to give you detailed, up-to-date insights.
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Introducing the Siri app.
A dedicated app brings together all your conversations across your Apple products, so you can ask a question on your iPhone and pick up where you left off on your iPad. You can also pin conversations for easy access or start a new one.
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Visual Intelligence with Siri on iPad.
Ask Siri AI about virtually anything on your display with a screenshot. Just tap the item with your finger or circle it with Apple Pencil to find out more.3
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Write with Siri virtually anywhere you type.
Siri AI can now generate a draft from scratch or provide feedback on what you’ve written. Just describe what you need in your own words. And in Messages and Mail, Siri AI can match your writing style, punctuation, and tone — so you sound like you.
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Customize how Siri sounds.
Pick a voice, then customize expressivity and pace until it clicks for you.4
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Next-level intelligent photo editing.
Reframe a photo after it’s been taken with Spatial Reframing. Expand your shots with the Extend tool. And remove even larger objects with the enhanced Clean Up tool.
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Take action with Siri in Notes.
Get answers or take next steps from your notes — whether they’re typed or handwritten. Organize bullet points into a formatted agenda, or turn handwritten lecture notes into a detailed study guide.
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Safari works smarter for you.
Now your tabs can be automatically grouped into topics, so related pages are easier to find. And Safari Notify Me monitors pages for changes — for example, a price change or restock — and alerts you when it’s time to act.
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Fix passwords with a tap.
The Passwords app alerts you to weak or compromised passwords and can update them on your behalf without the hassle.
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Express more with Image Playground.
Create unique, high-quality images in just about any style, including photorealistic. Modify and transform your images with just a description for endless possibilities.
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Get things done with Suggestions.
Messages and Mail offer suggestions to help you take quick actions based on context from your conversation — add a calendar event or search for a photo with just a tap.
Coming in English
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Describe a shortcut.
Automate daily tasks with a simple description. Just describe what you need and Shortcuts connects actions across multiple apps to get it done. You can say something like “When I connect a keyboard, turn on Windowed Apps and tile Safari and Notes side by side.”
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Set a foundation.
In Setup Assistant, parents can choose exactly which system apps their kids can use. They can select a few essential apps, a recommended set, or the specific ones they want. And with Ask to Buy, parents can add more over time.5
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Help them communicate safely.
Communication Safety helps protect children from viewing or sharing nudity in Messages, FaceTime, and more. It now also intervenes before children see gore or violence in shared images and videos.
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Time Allowances and Schedules.
Parents can set Time Allowances across categories like Entertainment, Games, and Social Media. We provide parents with guidance for setting Time Allowances that is based on a child’s age and developed with clinical and child development experts. Parents can always adjust these allowances based on what’s best for their child. And Schedules lets parents choose which apps are available to their child at different times or days of the week.
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Intuitive, easy-to-use controls.
An all-new design makes parental controls in Settings even easier to use. At a glance, parents can check how their kids have been using their iPad. And parents can quickly adjust access in the moment with just a tap.
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Design refinements.
Updates to Liquid Glass ensure exceptional readability with more uniform refraction and improved contrast. App icons are sharper and more detailed. And a new slider lets you easily customize how Liquid Glass looks, from ultraclear to fully tinted.
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Faster performance.
Browsing and transferring files from iPad to an external drive is up to 5x faster.8 And from faster app launches to quicker AirDrop transfers, the things you do on your iPad feel more responsive than ever.
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Smoother network transitions.
Your iPad more seamlessly chooses the best available Wi‑Fi or cellular connection, so whether you’re getting directions as you leave home or taking a FaceTime call as you step off a plane, you’ll stay connected.
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And so many more.
With deep improvements, like an optimized CPU scheduler and enhancements to the apps you rely on every day, iPadOS feels better than ever.
Accessibility.
VoiceOver gets new capabilities for understanding the world around you, including richer image descriptions. A new captioning feature automatically generates synced subtitles for any video you watch, and it can even translate existing captions into other languages. And for navigating everyday life, Magnifier brings powerful tools designed for low vision.
Describe an event, add to Calendar.
Add and edit events on your calendar with just a description. Easily edit the description to change a lunch meeting to a coffee chat and the Calendar app adjusts the details.
Enhanced Flyover in Maps.
Flyover now uses aerial imagery combined with Visual Intelligence models to render everything from architectural fixtures to the shapes of individual trees in stunning, sharp detail.
Faster Messages sync.
Missed-messages notifications and unread count now sync more quickly and reliably when you return to your iPad after being away.
AirPods Custom EQ.
You can further personalize how your AirPods sound by adjusting the lows, mids, and highs in AirPods settings.
Photos slideshows.
Play any set of photos and videos as a slideshow, with options to set the slide duration, transition style, and music — and even save it as a video to your Photos library to easily view again.
Improved iCloud Shared Albums.
It’s easier for friends and family on Android or Windows to join and contribute their own photos on iCloud.com. Shared Albums also adds support for full-resolution sharing and new ways to filter and react to photos and invite others to share an album.
Smarter Home.
Apple Intelligence in the Home app unlocks new capabilities, like intelligently combining related activity notifications,9 describing what happened in a selection of HomeKit Secure Video footage before you watch,10 and using AI to search for a clip based on what happened.11 And supported HomeKit Secure Video cameras can now stream and record in 4K.12
iPadOS 27 is compatible with these devices.
Explore iPad- iPad Pro (M4 and later)
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iPad Pro 12.9‑inch (4th generation and later)
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iPad Pro 11‑inch (2nd generation and later)
- iPad Air 13-inch (M2 and later)
- iPad Air 11-inch (M2, M3, and M4)
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iPad Air 11-inch (4th generation and later)
- iPad (A16)
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iPad (9th generation and later)
- iPad mini (A17 Pro)
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iPad mini (6th generation)
