iPadOS is a proprietary mobile operating system created and developed by Apple for its iPad line of tablet computers. It was given a name distinct from iOS, the operating system used by Apple's iPhones, to reflect the diverging features of the two product lines, such as multitasking. The operating system was introduced as iPadOS 13, reflecting its status as the successor to iOS 12 for the iPad, and first released to the public on September 24, 2019. Major versions of iPadOS are released annually; the current stable version, iPadOS 26.6, was released to the public on July 27, 2026 .
| Developer | Apple Inc. |
|---|---|
| Kernel / engine | Darwin / XNU (Mach + FreeBSD) |
| Supported platforms | ARM64 |
| First released | 2019-09-24 |
| User Agent | Browser | Device |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 26_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/25.0 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 | Mobile Safari 25 | iPad |
| Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 26_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/25.4 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 | Mobile Safari 25 | iPad |
| Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 15_4 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/15.4 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 device id 100820028290 | Mobile Safari 15 | iPad |
| Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 26_4_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) CriOS/151.0.0.0 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 | Chrome Mobile iOS 151 | iPad |
| Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 26_6_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) CriOS/151.0.7922.112 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 | Chrome Mobile iOS 151 | iPad |
| Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 16_7_2 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/26.6 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 | Mobile Safari 26 | iPad |
| Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 26_5_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) CriOS/151.0.7922.112 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 | Chrome Mobile iOS 151 | iPad |
| Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 26_5_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) EdgiOS/151.0.4129.72 Version/26.0 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 | Microsoft Edge 151 | iPad |
| Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 18_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/18.1 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 Brave | Brave | iPad |
| Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 17_4_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) FxiOS/153.0 Mobile/15E148 Safari/605.1.15 | Firefox Mobile iOS 153 | iPad |