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Next-generation Apple Intelligence enhances the apps you use most — like Photos, Messages and Safari.1
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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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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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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.
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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.2
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Approve new websites.
With the new Ask to Browse,3 kids must request permission to access new websites. Parents can take a closer look at the request in Messages before approving.4
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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 customise how Liquid Glass looks, from ultra‑clear to fully tinted.
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Faster performance.
Browsing and transferring files from iPad to an external drive is up to 5x faster.5 And from faster launching apps 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 mobile data 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 optimised CPU scheduler and enhancements to the apps you rely on every day, iPadOS feels better than ever.
iPadOS 27 features And so much more.
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 in 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 personalise 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,6 describing what happened in a selection of HomeKit Secure Video footage before you watch,7 and using AI to search for a clip based on what happened.8 And supported HomeKit Secure Video cameras can now stream and record in 4K.9
