iPadOS 27: Apple is leaving these five iPad models behind, but owners deserve better
We’re about 3 weeks out from when Apple unveiled iOS 27 to the world at WWDC26, and it’s still safe to say: this is an incredible update. It’s incredibly performant , and besides some small quirks and a little battery drain, it feels much more usable than iOS 26.5. While iOS 27 does support every device that ran iOS 26, the same isn’t true for iPadOS. A number of older iPadOS 26 devices will not be receiving the iPadOS 27 update, which I think is quite a shame – and Apple should mitigate this one way or another.
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We’re about 3 weeks out from when Apple unveiled iOS 27 to the world at WWDC26, and it’s still safe to say: this is an incredible update. It’s incredibly performant , and besides some small quirks and a little battery drain, it feels much more usable than iOS 26.5. While iOS 27 does support every device that ran iOS 26, the same isn’t true for iPadOS. A number of older iPadOS 26 devices will not be receiving the iPadOS 27 update, which I think is quite a shame – and Apple should mitigate this one way or another.
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We’re about 3 weeks out from when Apple unveiled iOS 27 to the world at WWDC26, and it’s still safe to say: this is an incredible update.
It’s incredibly performant , and besides some small quirks and a little battery drain, it feels much more usable than iOS 26.5.
While iOS 27 does support every device that ran iOS 26, the same isn’t true for iPadOS.
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https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/27/these-five-ipad-models-wont-run-ipados-27-but-deserve-better/