Mobile operating system for iPad tablets
Not to be confused with
iOS .
Operating system
iPadOS Developer Apple Inc. Written in C , C++ , Objective-C , Swift , assembly language OS family Unix-like , based on Darwin (BSD ), iOS , macOS Working state Current Source model Closed with open-source componentsInitial release September 24, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-09-24 ) [1] Latest release 17.5.1[2] (21F90)[3] (May 20, 2024; 35 days ago (2024-05-20 ) ) [±] Latest preview 18.0 beta[4] (June 10, 2024; 14 days ago (2024-06-10 ) ) [±]
17.6 beta[5] (21G5052e)[6] (June 17, 2024; 7 days ago (2024-06-17 ) ) [±] Marketing target Tablet computers Available in 40 languages[7] [8] [9] [10] Update method Over-the-air , iTunes , Finder Platforms iPads with ARMv8-A CPUsKernel typeHybrid (XNU )Default user interface Cocoa Touch (multi-touch , GUI )License Proprietary software except for open-source componentsPreceded by iOS Official website apple .com /ipados Supported iPadOS version history
iPadOS is a mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc. for its iPad line of tablet computers . It was given a name distinct from iOS , the operating system used by Apple's iPhones to reflect the diverging features of the two product lines, such as multitasking. It was introduced as iPadOS 13 in 2019, reflecting its status as the successor to iOS 12 for the iPad, at the company's 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference .[11]
iPadOS was first released to the public on September 24, 2019. Major versions of iPadOS are released annually. The current stable version, iPadOS 17 , was released to the public on September 18, 2023.
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