Download iPadOS 27.2 (24B119) for iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi

This update provides enhancements to Siri Al with the ability to retain useful context from previous Siri interactions as well as draw from a wider range of personal context. It also introduces Suggestions in Messages that help you take quick actions in apps like Calendar and Reminders based on context from your conversation. This release includes additional features, bug fixes, and security updates for your iPad.

• Siri Al can recall your past conversations, so you can ask Siri about something it told you before, like the restaurants it recommended last week
• Siri Al can draw from more sources to give you a great answer, including photos attached in Messages, Calendar event attendees, your voicemails, and better results from Safari history and Reading List
• Excluded Apps lets you choose which apps Siri, Search, and suggestions can access, all from one setting
• Granular text selection lets you select and copy just the part of a Siri response you need
• Write with Siri is available in more places, including when you hover over a text selection or an empty line with a trackpad, and when you select handwritten text in Notes
• Siri Al is available in more languages, with support tor French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. Siri Al is not available in the EU or mainland China

• Suggestions in Messages help you take action based on the context of your conversations, like adding a Calendar invite for a dinner
• Shared Albums in Photos adds the ability to edit captions and comments, to avoid adding duplicate photos, and can display a reminder before albums expire so participants can save important photos and videos
• Support for SynthID watermarking to help identify whether an image was generated or modified with generative tools in Photos and Image Playground
• The Home tab in the Podcasts app offers two separate sections for New Episodes and Continue Playing, letting you find the latest updates from your shows and then pick up where you left off
• Friends tab in the Games app provides context on why it's suggesting friends to you and shows recent games played on friends' player pages
• Side-by-side multitasking is easier to set up with the option to choose a second app whenever you tile apps to the left or right with the window controls or menu bar
• Simple Profiles in the Apple TV applets everyone in your household have their own profile, with recommendations that fit what they like to watch
• FaceTime supports adding a third party sign language interpreter or live captioner to a call

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit: https://support.apple.com/100100

Some features may not be available in all regions or on all iPad models. To learn more, please visit: https://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/

Usage limits may apply for some Apple Intelligence features. To learn more, please visit: https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence

Software updates, like this one, add new features and improvements that may affect performance and/or battery life. To learn more, please visit: https://support.apple.com/125039