iPadOS 18 system requirements: will it run on your iPad?

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Apple’s 2024 software update for the iPad is here – iPadOS 18. As you’d expect, iPadOS 18 will work best with the latest iPads. But a whole bunch of older Apple tablets will also get the free software update – stretching back around five years.

Will your current iPad get the update? Here’s our guide to the iPadOS 18 system requirements.

Read more: Apple shows off the features coming to your iPhone this year in iOS 18

Will my iPad get iPadOS 18?

This time around, Apple is keeping the system requirements for iPadOS 18 mostly the same as those for iPadOS 17, but with a few exceptions. The next major iPad software update will drop support for the 6th-generation iPad, 2nd-generation iPad Pro (12.9-inch), and iPad Pro (10.5-inch). With iPadOS 17, Apple dumped support for the iPad 5 and iPad Pros from 2015 and 2016. But every other iPad will likely be able to install it.

Apple’s latest AI-powered features include a revamped Siri, but you’ll need to have an iPad with an M1 chip or later to take advantage of them and, depending on where you live, this will roll out either later this year or into 2025.

The design is also getting a major refresh. With so many changes, making this update as broad as possible can only be a good thing – giving users an extra reason to keep their iPad. And upgrade to the next one, naturally.

Here’s a full list of the devices compatible with iOS 18:

iPad: 2019 and later
iPad mini: 2019 and later
iPad Air: 2019 and later
iPad Pro 2018 and later

The new software debuted at Apple’s WWDC 2024 developers conference in June, and is now rolling out to everyone.

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