iPadOS 26
| iPadOS 26 | |
|---|---|
| Version of the iPadOS operating system | |
iPadOS 26 running on a 12.9-inch iPad Pro | |
| Developer | Apple |
| Source model | Closed with open-source components |
| General availability | September 15, 2025 |
| Latest release | 26.3.1 (March 4, 2026) [±] |
| Latest preview | 26.4 beta 4 (23E5234a) (March 9, 2026) [±] |
| Marketing target | iPads |
| Available in | 42 languages |
List of languages Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong), Chinese Traditional (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Lithuanian, (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese | |
| Default user interface | Liquid Glass |
| Preceded by | iPadOS 18 |
| Official website | apple |
| Tagline | Work. Flows. |
| Support status | |
| Supported. Drops support for the iPad (7th generation). | |
| Articles in the series | |
| iOS 26 macOS Tahoe visionOS 26 watchOS 26 tvOS 26 | |
iPadOS 26 is the seventh major release of Apple's iPadOS operating system for the iPad. It was announced on WWDC25 on June 9, 2025, and released on September 15, 2025. The direct successor to iPadOS 18, it was announced alongside iOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, visionOS 26, and tvOS 26—all of which introduced the "Liquid Glass" design language. Apple advanced the version number to 26 as part of a shift to a year-based versioning convention across its operating systems.
iPadOS 26 only runs on iPads with Apple's Neural Engine. It dropped support for exactly one iPad (7th-generation iPad), becoming the third version to do so and the first since iOS 11. It was the first iPadOS version to drop support for an iPad with a 10.2-inch display.