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List Of Apple iPadOS Latest Version With History (2023 January)
Last Updated: 24 January 2023
Are you looking for the Apple iPadOS Latest Version? Well, you came to the right place! Before we get started let’s have a quick intro about iPadOS.
iPadOS is a mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc. for its iPad line of tablet computers. It is a rebranded variant of iOS, the operating system used by Apple’s iPhones, renamed to reflect the diverging features of the two product lines, particularly the iPad’s multitasking capabilities.
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 (WWDC). iPadOS was released to the public on 19th September 2019.
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iPadOS At A Glance
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Information
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Developer
Apple Inc.
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Written In
C, C++, Objective-C, Swift, & Assembly Language
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OS Family
Unix-like, based on Darwin (BSD), iOS, macOS
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Source Model
Closed with Open-Source Components
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Initial Release
19th September 2019
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Latest Release
16.3 (20D47) (23 Jan 2023) 15.7.3 (19H307) (23 Jan 2023)
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Latest Preview
16.3 Beta 2 (20D5035i) (10 Jan 2023)
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Marketing target
Tablet Computers
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Available In
40 Languages
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Update Method
Over-the-air, iTunes
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Platforms
iPads with ARMv8-A CPUs
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Kernel Type
Hybrid (XNU)
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Default User Interface
Cocoa Touch (multi-touch, GUI)
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License
Proprietary Software except for Open-Source Components
The first iPad was released in 2010 and ran iPhone OS 3.2, which added support for the larger device to the operating system, previously only used on the iPhone and iPod Touch. This shared operating system was rebranded as “iOS” with iOS 4.
To emphasize the different feature sets available on the iPad, and to signal their intention to develop the platforms in divergent directions, at WWDC 2019 Apple announced that the variant of iOS that runs on the iPad would be rebranded as “iPadOS.” The new naming strategy began with iPadOS 13.1, in 2019.
On 22nd June 2020, at WWDC 2020 Apple announced iPadOS 14 which was released to the public on 16th September 2020.
On 7th June 2021, at WWDC 2021 Apple announced iPadOS 15 which was released to the public on 20th September 2021.
On 6th June 2022, at WWDC 2022 Apple announced iPadOS 16. The first Developer Beta version was available to the public on the same day i.e., on 6th June 2022.
