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WWDC 2024 is still more than 3 months away, while the brand-new os set to be revealed at that occasion will not show up on our gadgets up until the fall. We’re currently hearing plenty of reports about Apple’s statements.
While iOS 18 is anticipated to support all of the very same phones as iOS 17, the most recent report suggests iPadOS 18, the huge approaching software application upgrade for the iPad, will drop assistance for iPads that run Apple’s A10X Fusion chip. That suggests such gadgets– particularly the 2017 iPad Pro designs right before the huge redesign– will not have the ability to set up the brand-new os and will be stuck forevermore on point updates of iPadOS 17 or earlier.
The info originates from a personal account on Twitter/X which MacRumors credits with “a tested performance history of sharing construct numbers for upcoming iOS and iPadOS updates.” The post has actually because been erased, which may sound bad, however is more than likely merely a method for the account to prevent the spotlight. As MacRumors observes, the account has in the previous erased leakages which ended up being precise.
The following iPads are accredited as suitable with iPadOS 17:
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation and later on)
- iPad Pro 10.5-inch
- iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later on)
- iPad Air (3rd generation and later on)
- iPad (6th generation and later on)
- iPad mini (5th generation and later on)
If we get rid of the designs with an A10X processor, it appears like this:
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later on)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later on)
- iPad Air (3rd generation and later on)
- iPad (6th generation and later on)
- iPad mini (5th generation and later on)
We should not stop there. As MacRumors notes, there are 2 gadgets on the iPadOS 17 list (the 6th- and 7th-gen iPads from 2018 and 2019 respectively) that do not have A10X chips, however have the slower A10 rather. If the A10X isn’t as much as the task, the A10 undoubtedly will not be either. Here’s our last compatibility list:
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later on)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later on)
- iPad Air (3rd generation and later on)
- iPad (8th generation and later on)
- iPad mini (5th generation and later on)
- Whatever iPads are launched in between now and the fall
Obviously, this isn’t concrete details right now, however it makes good sense: in 2015 Apple dropped assistance for 3 A9 iPads from 2015-2017, so we can’t be amazed to see some 2017 and 2018 designs vanish this time around. For all the most recent details about Apple’s summertime occasion this year, have a look at our WWDC 2024 superguide