3 Ways to Update iPad Software

Home Screen

• Today Widgets on the Home screen for at-a-glance information 
• A new layout to put even more apps on each page 

Multitasking

• Slide Over with support for multiple apps to access your favorite apps from anywhere in iPadOS and quickly switch between them
• Multiple windows from a single app in Split View to work with two documents, notes, or emails, side-by-side
• Enhanced Spaces to open the same app across multiple spaces
• App Exposé to quickly see all of the open windows for an app 

Apple Pencil

Text Editing

• Scrollbar scrubbing to directly drag the scrollbar for quickly navigating long documents, web pages, and email conversations
• Faster and more precise cursor navigation—just pick it up and move it to where you want
• Text selection improvements for easier selection by just tapping and swiping on the text
• New gestures for cut, copy, paste—pinch in once with three fingers to copy, twice to cut, and pinch out with three fingers to paste
• Undo across iPadOS by just double tapping with three fingers

QuickType

• New floating keyboard leaving more room for your content—drag it anywhere you like
• QuickPath on the floating keyboard lets you slide to type for easy one-handed typing

Fonts

• Custom fonts are available from the App Store for use in your favorite apps
• Font management in Settings

Files

• External drives supported in Files to access and manage files on a USB drive, SD card, or hard drive
• SMB support to connect to a server at work or a home PC
• Local storage for creating folders on the local drive and adding your favorite files
• Column to drill down into nested folders
• Preview pane with high resolution file previews, rich metadata, and Quick Actions
• Zip and Unzip support for creating and expanding Zip files
• New keyboard shortcuts to manage your files even faster with an external keyboard

Safari

• Desktop-class browsing in Safari with websites automatically optimized for the large Multi-Touch display iPad display
• Web platforms like Squarespace, WordPress, and Google Docs now supported 
• Download manager to access downloads quickly and check the status of a file you’re downloading
• Over 30 new keyboard shortcuts to navigate the web even faster with an external keyboard
• Updated start page with favorites, frequently visited, most recently visited websites, and Siri suggestions
• View options in the Smart Search field for quick access to text size controls, Reader view, and per‑site settings
• Per‑site settings to choose Reader view, and enable content blockers, camera, microphone, and location access for individual websites
• Option to resize when uploading photos

Dark Mode

• A beautiful new dark color scheme that delivers a great viewing experience especially in low-light environments
• Can be scheduled to turn on automatically at sunset, at a certain time, or turned on from Control Center
• Four new system wallpapers that automatically switch appearances with Light and Dark Mode

Photos

• An all-new Photos tab with a curated view of your library making it easy to find, relive, and share your photos and videos
• Powerful new photo editing tools that make it easier to edit, adjust, and review photos at a glance
• Video editing with over 30 new tools, including Rotate, Crop, and Enhance

Sign in with Apple

• A private way to sign in to participating apps and websites with the Apple ID you already have
• Simple account setup with only your name and email address
• Hide My Email to share a unique email address that is automatically forwarded to you
• Built-in two-factor authentication to protect your account
• No tracking or profiling by Apple as you use your favorite apps

App Store with Arcade

• Unlimited access to groundbreaking new games with one subscription, no ads or additional purchases
• An all-new Arcade tab in the App Store to browse the latest games, personalized recommendations, and exclusive editorial content
• Available to play across iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV
• Option to download large apps over your cellular connection
• Ability to view available app updates or delete apps from the Account page
• Support for Arabic and Hebrew

Maps

• An all-new map rolling out in the US featuring broader road coverage, improved address precision, better support for pedestrians, and more detailed land cover
• Look Around to explore cities in a high-resolution, interactive 3D experience
• Collections for the lists of places you love and can easily share with friends and family
• Favorites for quick and easy navigation to the places you visit daily

Reminders

• All-new design with more powerful and intelligent ways to create and organize reminders
• Quick toolbar to add dates, locations, flags, attachments and more to reminders
• New smart lists—Today, Scheduled, Flagged and All—to easily keep track of upcoming reminders
• Subtasks and grouped lists to organize your reminders

Siri

• More natural Siri voice, particularly while speaking longer phrases
• Personalized Siri Suggestions in Apple Podcasts, Safari, and Maps
• Over 100,000 live radio stations from around the world available with Siri

Shortcuts

• Shortcuts app now built-in
• Suggested automations in the Gallery personalized to your daily routine
• Personal and home automations for automatically running shortcuts based on triggers
• Home app support for shortcuts as advanced actions in the Automation tab

Memoji and Messages

• New Memoji customization options including new hairstyles, headwear, makeup, and piercings
• Memoji sticker packs in Messages, Mail, and third‑party apps and available on iPad mini 5, iPad (5th generation and later), iPad Air (3rd generation), and all iPad Pro models
• Your name and photo, or even Memoji, now optionally shared with your friends
• Search enhancements to easily find messages with intelligent suggestions and categorization of results

Augmented Reality

• People Occlusion for apps to place virtual objects naturally in front or behind people using iPad Pro (2021), iPad Air (2021), iPad mini 5
• Motion Capture for apps to understand the body position and movement of a person so you can animate a character or interact with virtual objects using iPad Pro (2021), iPad Air (2021), iPad mini 5
• Multiple face tracking for AR content on up to 3 faces at a time so you can have fun with your friends using iPad Pro (2021)
• AR Quick Look to view and interact with multiple AR objects at the same time

Mail

Notes

Apple Music

• Time-synced lyrics make listening more fun with perfectly timed lyrics
• Over 100,000 live radio stations from around the world

Screen Time

• 30-day usage data to compare Screen Time numbers over the previous weeks
• Combined limits to include multiple app categories, specific apps, or websites in one limit
• “One more minute” option to quickly save your work or log out of a game when a Screen Time limit is met

Privacy and Security

• Allow Once location permission with the option to share your locations with apps only once
• Background tracking alerts now notify you when an app is using your location in the background
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enhancements help prevent apps from accessing your location without your consent
• Location sharing controls give you the option to easily omit location data when sharing photos

System Experience

• Wi‑Fi networks and Bluetooth accessories selection in Control Center
• A redesigned, unobtrusive volume control in the top middle
• Full-page screenshots for web pages, Mail messages, iWork documents, and Maps
• Redesigned share sheet with intelligent suggestions to share content with just a few taps
• Audio Sharing for two sets of AirPods, Powerbeats Pro, Beats Solo3, BeatsX and Powerbeats3 to share a single stream of audio
• Dolby Atmos playback for a thrilling surround sound experience from content with Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, or Dolby Digital Plus soundtracks on iPad Pro (2021)

Language support

• Support for 38 new keyboard languages
• Predictive input in Cantonese, Dutch, Hindi (Devanagari), Hindi (Latin), Najdi Arabic, Swedish, and Vietnamese keyboards
• Separate emoji and globe keys make it easier to quickly switch between languages and select emoji
• Automatic language detection for dictation
• Bilingual dictionary support in Thai and English and Vietnamese and English

China mainland

• A dedicated QR code mode in Camera, accessible from the Control Center, for improved QR code performance, a flashlight option, and enhanced privacy
• Junction View in Maps for drivers in China mainland to more easily navigate complex roadways
• Adjustable handwriting area on the Chinese keyboard
• Cantonese predictions on the Cangjie, Sucheng, Stroke, and Handwriting keyboards

India

• All‑new Indian English male and female Siri voices
• Support for all 22 official Indian languages with the addition of 15 new keyboard languages
• Bilingual keyboard for Hindi (Latin) and English keyboard, including typing predictions
• Typing predictions on the Hindi (Devanagari) keyboard
• New Indian language system fonts for Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, and Odia for greater clarity and ease when reading in apps
• 30 new document fonts for Assamese, Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu
• Contacts with hundreds of new relationship labels to help more accurately label your contacts

Voice Control

• A new way to control your iOS devices, entirely with your voice
• Comprehensive navigation with just your voice to open apps, search the web, tap, swipe, pinch, zoom, press the Home button and more
• Accurate dictation using the Siri speech recognition engine
• Rich text editing to make corrections using just your voice, or select from word and emoji suggestions
• Custom words, such as legal or medical terms, to ensure Voice Control recognizes words you commonly use
• Seamless transitions from text dictation to voice commands
• Attention Awareness to keep Voice Control off when you turn your head away from True Depth camera on supported iPhone models
• On‑device processing so your personal data is kept private

Performance

• Up to 2x faster app launch*
• Up to 30 percent faster Face ID unlocking on iPad Pro 11-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)**
• 60 percent smaller app updates on average*
• Up to 50 percent smaller apps from the App Store*

Other features and improvements

• Low Data Mode to reduce your data usage over your cellular network or specific Wi-Fi networks you select
• PlayStation 4 and Xbox Wireless Controller support
• Find My iPhone and Find My Friends combined into a single app with the ability to locate a missing device even if it can’t connect to a Wi-Fi or cellular network
• Apple Books reading goals help make reading a daily habit
• Apple News options to remove downloaded issues, follow a title, or browse the back catalog from the More button in the My Magazines section
• Stocks app with business stories from Apple News
• Calendar supports adding attachments to events
• Home app redesigned controls for HomeKit accessories with a combined view for ones with multiple services
• Pinch-to-zoom for more precision when editing recordings in Voice Memos

*Testing conducted by Apple in May 2021 using iPhone XS supporting normal peak performance and iPad Pro (11‑inch) with iOS 12.3 and prerelease iPadOS and iOS 13, using third‑party apps repackaged in a preproduction App Store server environment; smaller app update download size based on averages from a collection of the most frequently updated apps. Performance varies based on specific configuration, content, battery health, usage, software versions, and other factors.

**Testing conducted by Apple in May 2021 using iPhone X and iPhone XS Max supporting normal peak performance, and iPad Pro (11‑inch) with iOS 12.3 and prerelease iPadOS and iOS 13, using the side or top button to wake the device. Performance varies based on specific configuration, content, battery health, usage, and other factors.

Some features may not be available for all regions, or on all Apple devices, for more information visit: https://www.ipad-mobile.ru/ios/feature-availability and https://www.ipad-mobile.ru/ipados

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: https://ipad-mobile.ru/kb/HT202122

iPadOS 14.2 includes the following improvements for your iPad:

• Over 100 new emoji, including animals, food, faces, household objects, musical instruments, gender-inclusive emoji, and more
• Eight new wallpapers in both light and dark mode versions
• Magnifier can detect people nearby, and report their distance using the LiDAR sensor included in iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) and iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)
• Scene Detection in Camera uses intelligent image recognition to identify objects within a scene and automatically improves the photo on iPad Air (4th generation)
• Auto FPS in Camera automatically reduces the frame rate when recording video to improve low light capture and to optimize file size on iPad Air (4th generation)
• Optimized battery charging for AirPods Pro to slow the rate of battery aging by reducing the time your AirPods Pro spends fully charged
• New AirPlay controls to stream entertainment throughout your home
• Intercom support with HomePod and HomePod mini using iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, and CarPlay
• Ability to connect HomePod to Apple TV 4K for stereo, surround sound, and Dolby Atmos audio

This release also fixes the following issues:

• Camera viewfinder may appear black when launched
• The keyboard on the Lock Screen could miss touches when trying to enter the passcode
• Reminders could default to times in the past
• Photos widget may not display content
• Weather widget could display the high temperature in Celsius when set to Fahrenheit
• Voice Memos recordings are interrupted by incoming calls
• The screen could be black during Netflix video playback
• Apple Cash could fail to send or receive money when asked via Siri

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://ipad-mobile.ru/kb/HT202122

iPadOS 14.3 includes support for Apple Fitness and AirPods Max. This release also introduces Privacy information on the App Store, and includes other features and bug fixes for your iPad.

Apple Fitness

• A new fitness experience powered by Apple Watch with studio-style workouts available on your iPad, iPhone, and Apple TV (Apple Watch Series 3 and later)
• New Apple Fitness app available on App Store to browse Fitness workouts, trainers, and personalized recommendations
• Video workouts added each week in ten popular workout types: High Intensity Interval Training, Indoor Cycling, Yoga, Core, Strength, Dance, Rowing, Treadmill Walking, Treadmill Running, and Mindful Cooldown
• Playlists curated by Fitness trainers to complement your workout
• Fitness subscription available in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States

AirPods Max

Photos

• Apple ProRAW photos can be edited in the Photos app
• Option to record video at 25 fps
• Mirror the front facing camera for still photos on iPad Pro (1st and 2nd Gen), iPad (5th Gen and later), iPad mini 4, iPad Air 2

Privacy

• New privacy information section on App Store pages that includes a developer-reported summary of the app’s privacy practices

TV app

• An all-new Apple TV tab makes it easy to discover and watch Apple Original shows and movies
• Enhanced search so you can browse by category such as genre, and see recent searches and suggestions as you type
• Top search results shown with the most relevant matches across movies, TV shows, cast, channels, and sports

App Clips

• Support for launching App Clips by scanning Apple-designed App Clip Codes via Camera or from Control Center

Air quality

• Available in Maps and Siri for locations in China mainland
• Health recommendations are provided in Siri for the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, India, and Mexico at certain air quality levels

Safari

• Ecosia search engine option in Safari

This release also addresses the following issues:

• Some Messages notifications may not be received
• App folders may fail to open
• Spotlight search results, and opening apps from Spotlight may not work
• Contact groups failed to display members when composing a message
• Bluetooth could be unavailable in Settings
• Wireless accessories and peripherals using the WAC protocol could fail to complete setup
• The keyboard would dismiss when adding a list in Reminders while using VoiceOver

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://ipad-mobile.ru/kb/HT202122 

AirTag and Find My

• Support for AirTag to keep track of and find your important items like your keys, wallet, backpack and more, privately and securely in the Find My app
• AirTag can be located by playing a sound via the built-in speaker
• The Find My network with hundreds of millions of devices can help you find your AirTag, even when it isn’t nearby
• Lost Mode notifies you when your AirTag is found, and you can enter a phone number where you can be contacted

Emoji

• Support for separate skin tones for each individual in all variations of the couple kissing emoji and couple with heart emoji
• New face emojis, heart emojis, woman with a beard emoji

Siri

• Siri now includes more diverse voice options
• Incoming calls can be announced with Siri, including who is calling, when you’re wearing your AirPods or compatible Beats headphones, and you can answer hands-free
• Group FaceTime calls are supported by asking Siri to FaceTime a list of contacts or a group name from Messages
• Emergency contacts can be called by asking Siri

Privacy

• App Tracking Transparency lets you control which apps are allowed to track your activity across other companies’ apps and websites for ads or sharing with data brokers

Apple Music

Podcasts

• Podcasts Show Pages are redesigned to make it easier to start listening
• Option to save and download episodes, automatically adding them to your Library for quick access
• Download behavior and notification settings can be customized on a show-by-show basis
• Top Charts and popular categories in Search help you discover new shows

News

• Redesigned News tab enables Apple News subscribers to quickly find, download, and manage magazine and newspaper issues
• All-new Search experience that helps you find relevant topics, channels, and stories

Reminders

• Ability to sort reminders by Title, Priority, Due Date, or Creation date
• Option to print your reminder lists

Gaming

• Xbox Series X|S Wireless Controller or Sony PS5 DualSense™ Wireless Controller support

Fitness

• Ability to stream audio and video content from Apple Fitness workouts to AirPlay 2-enabled TVs and devices

This release also fixes the following issues:

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://ipad-mobile.ru/kb/HT202122