iPadOS 26 → 27

New features

New in iPadOS 27 · 20

• Apple Intelligence in Home

  Home combines activity notifications, describes camera footage and searches clips by what happened.

  Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese.

• Apple Intelligence photo editing

  Reframe a photo after taking it, extend its borders and remove distracting objects more precisely.

  Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese.

• Ask to Browse

  Approve new websites a child requests in Safari.

• Call Context

  Surfaces relevant information, such as a confirmation code from Mail, when calling a business.

  Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese.

• Custom extensions

  Create a Safari extension from just a description.

• Flyover view

  Maps renders detailed views using aerial imagery and Visual Intelligence models.

• Generated and translated captions

  Automatically generate synced subtitles and translate existing captions.

  Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese.

• Genmoji suggestions

  Genmoji suggests images based on your photos and phrases you often type.

• Image Playground styles

  Create images in new styles and refine them with a description or touch.

• Liquid Glass slider

  Adjust Liquid Glass from ultraclear to fully tinted.

• Local Lists

  Collections of places trending in your area.

  available in U.S. only

• Menopause and perimenopause tracking

  Log menopause and perimenopause symptoms in Cycle Tracking and get notified when patterns suggest perimenopause.

• Notify Me

  Watches web pages for changes such as price drops or restocks and alerts you.

• Save video frame as photo

  Save any frame of a video as a photo.

• Setup Assistant app choices for kids

  Choose which apps a child can use during setup.

• Siri AI

  A conversational assistant (beta) with world knowledge and personal context that keeps conversations in a dedicated app and can take action across apps.

  Siri AI is available in beta on iPadOS 27 or later on an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPad mini (A17 Pro) or iPad model with M1 or later set to a supported language.

• Siri writing tools

  Generate first drafts, get feedback and adjust the style and tone of your writing.

  Siri AI is available in beta on iPadOS 27 or later on an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPad mini (A17 Pro) or iPad model with M1 or later set to a supported language.

• Tab topics

  Safari groups tabs into topics automatically.

  Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese.

• VoiceOver image descriptions

  VoiceOver gives richer image descriptions and can be reached with the Action button on supported models.

• iCloud Shared Albums improvements

  Shared albums support full-resolution sharing and new ways to filter and react.

Settings that moved

From the iPad settings tracked by the Settings Pathfinder, compared between Apple's 26 and 27 User Guides.

• Screen Time

  iPadOS 26

  Settings →then Screen Time →then App & Website Activity →then Turn On App & Website Activity

  iPadOS 27

  Settings →then Screen Time →then Manage Screen Time →then Turn On App & Website Activity

• Screen Time Share Across Devices

  iPadOS 26

  Settings →then Screen Time →then Share Across Devices

  iPadOS 27

  Settings →then Screen Time →then Manage Screen Time →then Share Across Devices

New in Apple's 27 guide

• Screen Time
• Screen Time Share Across Devices

No longer in Apple's 27 guide

• Screen Time
• Screen Time Share Across Devices

Compatibility changes

“Not 26” usually means the model came out later. Only models in Osnivo's verified device list are counted.