Work wonders.
With ease.
iPad enables you to do so much, so easily. iPadOS 15 takes this versatility further, making it easier to get things done, find and organise information, and make iPad even more capable.
When you choose a multitasking layout, you get access to your Home Screen, where you can select from your apps and choose which ones you want to work with at the same time.
Your apps appear side by side. Swipe down from the top of the app you want to replace, then choose a new one from the Home Screen.
Touch and hold to bring an email, note or message to the centre of the screen without leaving your current view. The Multitasking menu appears here too.
View all the open windows for an app and quickly switch between them with the new shelf. You can even add and close windows.
Now you can create Split View spaces in one screen with the App Switcher. Create a Split View by dragging one app over another.
Attach a keyboard to your iPad and view a list of all shortcuts. Press and hold the Command key to view shortcuts for an app, multitasking and more.
iPad is the world’s best note-taking device. And now Notes goes system‑wide with Quick Note, a fast and easy way to get to a note no matter what you’re doing.1
Jot down information over any app or screen. Start a Quick Note with a keyboard shortcut, from Control Centre or with a swipe up from the corner using your finger or Apple Pencil.
Add handwriting, links, Safari highlights, tags and mentions to a Quick Note so you can get to important names, numbers and ideas easily.
Highlight text in Safari or add a link from an app, and you’ll see a Quick Note thumbnail next time you visit the site, taking you straight to what you were viewing before. And if you make a Quick Note on your iPad, it will be on your iPhone and Mac too.
Access all of your Quick Notes in the Notes app.
Tag a note using the # symbol and a keyword, then find it later in the Tag Browser. See what others have added to your shared note with the Activity view and notify them with mentions. To notify someone on a note, just type a person’s name and it will be highlighted.
Staying in touch is more essential than ever. With SharePlay, you can watch together, listen together and share your screen inside FaceTime.2 FaceTime calls also sound and feel more natural. And Messages makes it even easier to find and enjoy the great content shared from friends and family.
Keep FaceTime conversations going as you watch TV programmes and movies, listen to music or share your screen. SharePlay is an entirely new way to have experiences with family and friends, no matter the distance.*
Get together and listen to an album with friends. The whole group can see what’s next and add songs to a shared queue with synced playback and easy‑to‑use controls.
Individual voices sound like they’re coming from the direction in which each person is positioned on your screen, helping conversations flow more naturally.3
Grid view shows people on your FaceTime call in the same-sized tiles, so you can have better conversations with a large group. The speaker is automatically highlighted so you always know who’s talking.
Inspired by Portrait mode in Camera, this new video effect puts the focus on you, not what’s behind you.3
Now you can send friends and family a link to connect on FaceTime — even if they’re using Windows or Android.2 And it’s still end-to-end encrypted, so your call is as private and secure as any other FaceTime call.
Now the links, images and other content shared with you in Messages are featured in a new Shared with You section in the corresponding app. You can even reply straight from the app you’re enjoying it from — without going back to Messages.
Shared with You is built into Photos, Safari, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and the Apple TV app.
Now you can choose outfits for your Memoji and express yourself with new stickers. Represent your look and style with multicoloured headwear. And accessibility customisations now include cochlear implants, oxygen tubes and soft helmets.
Multiple photos in Messages now appear as a collage or an elegant stack of images that you can swipe through. Tap to view them all as a grid or add a quick Tapback. And save them to your library with just a few taps.
A powerful new set of tools gives you more control over how you prioritise your time and attention. So you can find balance and stay focused on whatever you’re doing in the moment.
Focus helps you stay in the moment when you need to concentrate or step away. Choose from a list of Focus options or create your own to allow only the notifications you want — you can get work done while you’re in the zone or enjoy a distraction‑free dinner.
Stepping away is easier if others know you’re busy. So when you're using Focus, your status will be automatically displayed in Messages and shared with other communication apps you allow. And for truly urgent messages, there’s still a way for people to notify you.
Notifications have a new look, including contact photos and larger app icons to make them easier to identify.
Quickly catch up with a helpful collection of your notifications delivered daily, based on a schedule you set. The summary is intelligently ordered by priority, with the most relevant notifications at the top.
Exploration has never looked better. Maps delivers incredible new details that go beyond simply taking you from point A to point B. And Safari offers even more ways for you to explore online.
Save and organise your tabs in the way that works best for you and switch between them easily. Tab Groups sync across devices so you have access to your tabs from anywhere.
Now you can install Safari extensions on your iPad. And just like on Mac, you can choose when the extensions will be active.
Explore cities with unprecedented detail for roads, neighbourhoods, trees, buildings and more. Visit amazing 3D landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge in both the day and dark mode maps.3
Discover the natural beauty of Earth with a rich and interactive globe. Explore new enhanced details for mountain ranges, deserts, forests, oceans and more.3
There is so much rich information in your photos, from memorable places you’ve visited to handwritten family recipes. iPadOS 15 uses secure on-device intelligence to help you discover more in your photos, quickly find what you’re looking for and relive special moments.
Live Text understands seven different languages: English, Chinese, French, Italian, German, Portuguese and Spanish. And with system‑wide translation, you can simply tap and translate.
Spotlight shows you more information at a glance with new rich search results for artists, entertainers, TV programmes and movies, as well as your contacts. And you can now search your photos in Spotlight, and even search based on text in your photos by using Live Text.
Memories introduces a new interactive, immersive interface, along with new Memory mixes that let you personalise the look and feel of your story with a song and vibe to match.
Swift Playgrounds brings a new level of productivity to iPad, and now its capabilities go even further. Learn code, build real apps with SwiftUI and see your ideas come to life on the App Store.**
Build apps with SwiftUI, which makes development easy. The code you write is immediately reflected in the live preview of your app. And for beginners, there’s a guide to creating your first app.
Swift Playgrounds now supports improved code completion, so you can start typing and quickly add the suggestion to your code. You also have access to the full library of UI components.
A single keyboard and mouse or trackpad now work seamlessly between your Mac and iPad — they’ll even connect to more than one of the same device. Move your cursor from your Mac to your iPad, type on your Mac and it shows up on your iPad.*
Connect a mouse and keyboard to work on your iPad and Mac at the same time.
Great features should not have to come at the expense of your privacy. iPadOS 15 provides increased visibility into how apps access your data, protects you from unwanted data collection and gives you more control over what you choose to share.
See how apps are using the permissions you’ve granted them, which third‑party domains they contact6 and how recently they made contact.
iCloud has always kept your important information — like photos, documents and notes — safe, up to date and accessible across all your devices. Now iCloud+ takes that experience a step further, with an all‑new subscription that will replace today’s storage plans.7
Get everything you already love about iCloud — and new features including iCloud Private Relay, Hide My Email and expanded HomeKit Secure Video support.8
Customise display and text size settings for each app. Bold or enlarge text, increase contrast, invert colours and more for only the apps you want. Explore people, objects, text and tables within images in more detail with VoiceOver. Navigate receipts and nutrition label values in logical order. And move your finger over a photo to discover a person’s position relative to other objects in the image.
The Translate app is now on iPadOS. System‑wide translation lets you translate text that you select, even in many third‑party apps. In the app, Auto Translate and face-to-face view improve conversation flow and make it easier to follow along.
See your family and friends’ locations with continuous updates. Locate your devices using the Find My network if they’ve been erased, or for up to 24 hours even after they’ve been turned off.
Account Recovery Contacts makes resetting your password and maintaining access to your account easier than ever. And a new Digital Legacy programme lets you designate people as Legacy Contacts so they can access your account in the event of your death.6
You can now browse and start games from the new Games category in App Library or easily capture an exciting moment with a wide variety of game controllers. And Game Center makes it easier to play with your most recent Messages friends and groups.