About iPadOS 15 Updates

iPadOS 15 makes multitasking easier to discover, easier to use, and more powerful. Widgets can now be placed among apps on your Home Screen and App Library makes it possible to get to all of your apps right from the dock. 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. Focus helps you reduce distractions by filtering out notifications based on what you are currently doing.

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iPadOS 15.8.3

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.8.2

This update provides important bug fixes and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.8.1

This update provides important bug fixes and security updates and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.8

This update provides important bug fixes and security updates and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.7.9

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.7.8

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.7.7

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.7.6

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.7.5

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.7.4

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.7.3

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.7.2

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.7.1

This update provides important security updates and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.7

This update provides important security updates and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.6.1

This update provides important security updates and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.6

iPadOS 15.6 includes enhancements, bug fixes and security updates.

TV app adds the option to restart a live sport game already in progress, and pause, rewind or fast-forward
Fixes an issue where Settings may continue to display that device storage is full, even if there is space available
Fixes an issue that may cause braille devices to slow down or stop responding when navigating text in Mail
Fixes an issue in Safari where a tab may revert back to a previous page
Fixes an issue where iPad mini (6th generation) may not detect a charger or other USB-C accessory

Some features may not be available in all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:

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iPadOS 15.5

iPadOS 15.5 includes enhancements to Apple Podcasts and other features and bug fixes.

iPadOS 15.5 includes the following improvements and bug fixes:

Apple Podcasts includes a new setting to limit episodes stored on your iPad and automatically delete older ones

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/HT201222

iPadOS 15.4.1

iPadOS 15.4.1 includes bug fixes and security updates for your iPad and is recommended for all users.

This update includes the following bug fixes for your iPad:

Battery may drain more quickly than expected after updating to iPadOS 15.4
Braille devices may become unresponsive while navigating text or displaying an alert
Made for iPad hearing devices may lose connection within some third-party apps

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iPadOS 15.4

iPadOS 15.4 adds Universal Control so you can use a single mouse and keyboard across your iPad and Mac. This release also includes new emoji, an additional voice for Siri, and other features and bug fixes for your iPad.

Universal Control

Universal Control allows you to use a single mouse and keyboard across iPad and Mac
Text can be typed on either iPad or Mac and you can drag and drop files between them

Emoji

New emoji including faces, hand gestures, and household objects
Handshake emoji allows you to choose separate skin tones for each hand

FaceTime

SharePlay sessions can be initiated directly from supported apps

Siri

Siri can provide time and date information while offline on iPad Pro with A12Z Bionic and later
Siri now includes an additional voice, expanding the diversity of options

This release also includes the following enhancements for your iPad:

Volume controls can be set to adjust as you rotate your iPad, on iPad (5th generation and newer), iPad mini (4th and 5th generation), iPad Air 2, iPad Air (3rd and 4th generation), and iPad Pro
iCloud custom email domains can be managed from Settings
Safari webpage translation adds support for Italian and Chinese (Traditional)
Podcasts app adds episode filters for seasons, played, unplayed, saved, or downloaded episodes
News offers enhanced discovery of audio content in the Today feed and Audio tab
Camera in keyboard can be used to add text to Notes and Reminders
Shortcuts adds support for tags in Reminders; add, remove, or query tags when creating and editing Shortcuts
Security recommendations can now be hidden
Saved passwords can now include your own notes in Settings

This release also includes bug fixes for your iPad:

Keyboard may insert period between typed numbers
News widgets in Today View may not open articles when tapped
Photos and videos may not sync to iCloud Photo Library
Speak Screen Accessibility feature may quit unexpectedly within the Books app
Live Listen may not turn off when switched off in Control Center

iPadOS 15.3.1

iPadOS 15.3.1 provides important security updates for your iPad and fixes an issue that may cause Braille displays to stop responding.

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iPadOS 15.3

iPadOS 15.3 includes bug fixes and security updates for your iPad and is recommended for all users.

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iPadOS 15.2.1

iPadOS 15.2.1 contains bug fixes for your iPad including the following:

Messages may not load photos sent using an iCloud Link

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iPadOS 15.2

iPadOS 15.2 adds Apple Music Voice Plan, a new subscription tier that provides access to music using Siri. This update also includes the App Privacy Report, new safety features for children and parents in Messages, and other features and bug fixes for your iPad.

Apple Music Voice Plan

Apple Music Voice Plan is a new subscription tier that gives you access to all songs, playlists, and stations in Apple Music using Siri
Just Ask Siri suggests music based on your listening history and likes or dislikes
Play it Again lets you access a list of your recently played music

Privacy

App Privacy Report in Settings lets you see how often apps have accessed your location, photos, camera, microphone, contacts and more during the last seven days, as well as their network activity

Messages

Communication safety setting gives parents the ability to enable warnings for children when they receive or send photos that contain nudity
Safety warnings contain helpful resources for children when they receive photos that contain nudity

Siri and Search

Expanded guidance in Siri, Spotlight and Safari Search to help children and parents stay safe online and get help with unsafe situations

Apple ID

Digital Legacy allows you to designate people as Legacy Contacts so they can access your iCloud account and personal information in the event of your death

TV app

Store tab lets you browse, buy, and rent movies and TV Shows all in one place

This release also includes the following enhancements for your iPad:

Notes setting to access Quick Note with a swipe from the lower left or lower right corner of the screen
Hide My Email is available in the Mail app for iCloud+ subscribers to create unique, random email addresses
Reminders and Notes now allow you to delete or rename tags

This release also includes bug fixes for your iPad:

Siri may not respond while VoiceOver is running and iPad is locked
ProRAW photos may appear overexposed when viewing in third-party photo editing apps
Calendar events may appear on the wrong day for Microsoft Exchange users

iPadOS 15.1

iPadOS 15.1 adds SharePlay, an entirely new way to have experiences with family and friends in FaceTime. This release also adds Live Text support to the Camera app, and includes other features, and bug fixes for your iPad.

SharePlay

SharePlay is a new way to share synchronized experiences in FaceTime with content from the Apple TV app, Apple Music, Fitness+, and other supported App Store apps
Shared controls give everyone the ability to pause, play, rewind or fast forward
Smart volume automatically lowers the audio of a movie, TV show or song when your friends speak
Apple TV supports the option to watch the shared video on your big screen while you continue the FaceTime call on iPad
Screen sharing lets everyone on a FaceTime call look at photos, browse the web, or help each other out

Live Text

Camera app Live Text support recognizes text, phone numbers, addresses, and more so you can take action on them (iPad with A12 Bionic and later)
Keyboard support lets you insert text directly from the Camera into any text field (iPad with A12 Bionic and later)

Translate

Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan) support in the Translate app and system-wide translation

Home

New automation triggers based on the current reading of a HomeKit-enabled humidity, air quality, or light level sensor

Shortcuts

New pre-built actions let you overlay text on images or gifs, plus a new collection of games lets you pass the time with Siri

This release also fixes the following issues:

Photos app may incorrectly report storage is full when importing photos and videos
Audio playing from an app may pause when locking the screen
Available Wi-Fi networks may not be detected

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iPadOS 15.0.2

iPadOS 15.0.2 includes bug fixes and important security updates for your iPad.

This update includes bug fixes for your iPad:

Photos saved to your library from Messages could be deleted after removing the associated thread or message
AirTag might not appear in the Find My Items tab
Device restore or update may fail when using Finder or iTunes for iPad mini (6th generation)

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iPadOS 15.0.1

iPadOS 15.0.1 includes bug fixes for your iPad.

This update includes bug fixes for your iPad.

Settings app may incorrectly display an alert that storage is full
Audio meditations could unexpectedly start a workout on Apple Watch for some Fitness+ subscribers

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iPadOS 15

Multitasking

The multitasking menu at the top of apps lets you enter Split View, Slide Over, or go full screen
A multiwindow shelf appears within apps giving you quick access to all the open windows
App Switcher now includes Slide Over apps and allows you to create Split View spaces by dragging one app over another
A new option to open a window centered on screen without leaving your current view in Mail, Messages, Notes, Files and supported third-party apps
Keyboard shortcuts enable you to create a Split View or Slide Over using an external keyboard

Widgets

Widgets can be placed among apps on your Home Screen
Extra large widget size designed just for iPad
New widgets include Find My, Contacts, App Store, Game Center, and Mail
Suggested layouts include widgets for the apps you use most arranged on your Home Screen
Intelligent widget suggestions automatically appear in your Smart Stack at the right time based on your activity

App Library

App Library automatically organizes the apps on your iPad into an easy-to-navigate view
App Library is available from an icon in the dock
Home Screen pages can be reordered or hidden to fit your needs

Quick Note & Notes

Quick Note lets you take a note from anywhere in iPadOS by swiping your finger or Apple Pencil
Links from an app or web page can be added to your Quick Note to create context
Tags let you easily categorize and organize your notes
The Tag Browser in the sidebar lets you tap any tag or combination of tags to quickly view tagged notes
Activity view gives a summary of updates since the last time you viewed the note, along with a day-to-day list of activity from each collaborator
Mentions let you notify a person in a shared note

FaceTime

Spatial audio makes people’s voices sound like they’re coming from the direction in which they’re positioned on the screen on Group FaceTime calls (iPad with A12 Bionic and later)
Voice Isolation blocks background noises so your voice is crystal clear (iPad with A12 Bionic and later)
Wide Spectrum brings all background noises into your call (iPad with A12 Bionic and later)
Portrait mode blurs your background and puts the focus on you (iPad with A12 Bionic and later)
Grid view displays up to six people at a time in Group FaceTime calls in the same-size tiles and highlights the current speaker
FaceTime links allow you to invite your friends into a FaceTime call, even friends on Android or Windows devices can join from their browser

Messages and Memoji

Shared with You shows content sent to you by friends in Messages conversations in a new section in Photos, Safari, Apple News, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, or the Apple TV app
Pinned content elevates the shared content you choose and makes it more prominent in Shared with You, Messages search, and the Details view of the conversation
Multiple photos sent in Messages are displayed as a glanceable collage or a swipeable stack
Over 40 Memoji outfit choices and up to three different colors to customize your Memoji stickers’s clothing and headwear

Focus

Focus lets you automatically filter notifications based on what you’re currently doing, such as fitness, sleep, gaming, reading, driving, work, or personal time
Focus uses on-device intelligence during set up to suggest apps and people you want to allow notifications from in a Focus
Home Screen pages can be customized to match your apps and widgets to a specific Focus
Contextual suggestions intelligently suggest a Focus based on your context, using signals like location or time of day
Status appears to your contacts in Messages conversations that your notifications are silenced with Focus

Notifications

A new look displays contact photos for people and larger icons for apps
Notification summary delivers a helpful collection of your notifications daily, based on a schedule you set
Notifications can be muted from any app or messaging thread for the next hour, or for the day

Maps

Detailed city maps display elevation, trees, landmarks, crosswalks and turn lanes, 3D views to navigate complex interchanges, and more in San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and London, with more cities coming in the future (iPad with A12 Bionic and later)
New driving features include a new map for drivers that highlights details like traffic and incidents, and a route planner that lets you view your upcoming journey by choosing a future departure or arrival time
Updated transit experience provides one-tap access to departures near you
Interactive 3D globe shows enhanced details for mountain ranges, deserts, forests, oceans, and more (iPad with A12 Bionic and later)
Redesigned place cards make it easy to learn about and interact with places, and a new home for Guides editorially curates the best recommendations for places you’ll love

Safari

Tab Groups help you save and organize your tabs and easily access them across devices
Start page can be customized with a background image and new sections like Privacy Report, Siri Suggestions, and Shared With You
Web extensions on iPadOS help you personalize your browsing and can be downloaded through the App Store
Voice search lets you search the web using your voice

Translate

The Translate app for iPad is designed for conversations and can work completely offline so your conversations stay private
System-wide translation lets you select text and handwriting throughout iPadOS and translate it with a tap
Auto Translate detects when you start speaking and when you stop in a conversation, automatically translating your speech without tapping the microphone button
Face to face view allows each person to view the conversation from their own side

Live Text

Live Text makes text interactive in all your photos so you can copy and paste, look up, and translate in Photos, Screenshot, Quick Look, Safari, and live previews with Camera (iPad with A12 Bionic and later)
Data detectors for Live Text recognize phone numbers, emails, dates, street addresses, and more in photos so you can take action on them

Spotlight

Rich results brings together all the information you’re looking for on contacts, actors, musicians, movies, and TV shows
Photos can be searched from your photo library by locations, people, scenes, text in the photos or other things in the photos, like a dog or a car
Web image search allows you to search for images of people, animals, monuments, and more

Photos

New look for Memories with a new interactive interface, animated cards with smart, adaptive titles, new animation and transition styles, and multiple image collages
Apple Music can be added to your Memories for Apple Music subscribers, and personalized song suggestions combine expert recommendations with your music tastes and what’s in your photos and videos
Memory mixes let you set the mood by selecting from different songs and a Memory look to match
New memory types include additional international holidays, child-focused memories, trends over time, and improved pet memories
Info pane now displays rich information about the photo like which camera and lens, shutter speed, file size, and more
Visual Look Up recognizes art, landmarks around the works, plants and flowers, books, and dog and cat breeds in your photos so you can learn more about them

Siri

On-device processing means audio of your requests does not leave your device by default, and means Siri is able to process many requests offline (iPad with A12 Bionic and later)
Share items with Siri to send on screen items like photos, web pages and Maps locations to any of your contacts
Onscreen context can be used by Siri to refer to contacts on screen to send them a message or place a call
On-device personalization allows Siri speech recognition and understanding to improve privately (iPad with A12 Bionic and later)

Privacy

Mail Privacy Protection protects your privacy by preventing email senders from learning about your Mail activity, your IP address or whether you've opened their email
Safari Intelligent Tracking Prevention now also prevents trackers from profiling you using your IP address

iCloud+

iCloud+ is a cloud subscription service that gives you premium features and additional iCloud storage
iCloud Private Relay (beta) sends your requests through two separate internet relays and encrypts the internet traffic leaving your device so you can browse Safari in a more secure and private way
Hide My Email lets you create unique, random email addresses that forward to your personal inbox so you can send and receive email without having to share your real email address
HomeKit Secure Video supports connecting more security cameras without using your iCloud storage quota
Custom email domain personalizes your iCloud Mail address and allows you to invite family members to use the same domain

Accessibility

Image exploration with VoiceOver allows you to get even more details about people and objects, and learn about text and table data in photos
VoiceOver image descriptions in Markup let you add your own image descriptions that can be read by VoiceOver
Per-app settings allow you to customize display and text size settings only for the apps you want
Background sounds play balanced, bright, or dark noise, ocean, rain, and stream sounds continuously in the background to mask unwanted environmental or external noise
Sound actions for Switch Control enable you to control your iPad with simple mouth sounds
Audiograms can be imported in Settings so you can customize Headphone Accommodations based on your hearing test results
New Voice Control languages include Mandarin Chinese (China mainland), Cantonese (Hong Kong), French (France), and German (Germany)
Memoji options including a cochlear implant, oxygen tubes, or a soft helmet

This release also includes other features and improvements:

Spatial audio with dynamic head tracking in Apple Music brings an even more immersive experience to Dolby Atmos music with AirPods Pro and AirPods Max
Keyboard shortcut enhancements include more keyboard shortcuts, a redesigned compact look, and better organization by categories
Apple ID Account Recovery Contacts lets you to choose one or more people you trust to help you reset your password and regain access to your account
Temporary iCloud storage grants you as much iCloud storage as you need to create a temporary backup of your data, free of charge, for up to three weeks when you buy a new device
Find My separation alerts notify you if you leave a supported device or item behind and Find My will give you directions to your item
Game highlights of up to the last 15 seconds of gameplay can be saved using game controllers like the Xbox Series X|S Wireless Controller or Sony PS5 DualSense™ Wireless Controller
App Store in-app events help you discover timely events within apps and games such as a game competition, a new movie premiere, or a livestreamed experience

This release includes even more features and improvements. For more information, please visit this website: https://www.apple.com/ipados/ipados-15/features/

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Published Date: July 30, 2024