IPadOS 26

iPadOS 26
Version of the iPadOS operating system
iPadOS 26 Beta 1 running on an iPad Pro 12.9
DeveloperApple
OS familyiPadOS
Source modelClosed with open-source components
General
availability
October 4, 2025 (2025-10-04)
Latest preview26.0 beta 2[1] (June 23, 2025 (2025-06-23)) [±]
Marketing targetiPads
Default
user interface
Liquid Glass
Preceded byiPadOS 18
Official websiteapple.com/os/ipados/
TaglineWork. Flows.
Support status
In developer beta. Drops support for the iPad (7th generation)
Articles in the series
iOS 26
macOS Tahoe
visionOS 26

iPadOS 26 is the seventh and the next major release of Apple's iPadOS operating system for the iPad. It was announced in June 2025 at the 2025 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) and is expected to be released in September. It is the direct successor to iPadOS 18 and was announced alongside iOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, visionOS 26, and tvOS 26.

Starting from this version of iPadOS, Apple changed its numbering convention for consistency across all operating systems.[2]

iPadOS 26 features the new Liquid Glass design. It will be the first version of iPadOS to be exclusive to iPads with Apple Neural Engine, as it drops support for the seventh-generation iPad, making it the first iPadOS version to drop support for an iPad with the 10.2-inch display, the first version since iOS 11 to drop support for only one model, and third version overall to drop support for only one iPad model.

  1. ^ Clover, Juli (June 23, 2025). "Apple Seeds Second Developer Betas of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26". MacRumors. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
  2. ^ "There's No Apple iOS 19: iPhone 17 To Have iOS 26 In Radical Change, Report Claims". Forbes. 2025-05-30. Retrieved 2025-06-02.

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