The iPad won’t get iOS 13. Instead, Apple’s introduced a new operating system called iPadOS and the first iPadOS update, iPadOS 13, is currently in beta ahead of a release later this year.

Apple debuted all of the new software it plans to release for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Mac later this year. Unexpectedly, the company revealed plans to move its iPads off of iOS to a new platform called iPadOS.
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