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Today at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, the company announced new features coming to the iPad with iPadOS 27 including optimizations such as apps launching up to 30 percent faster by intelligently preloading needed info, and more responsive switching between multiple apps.
As with the new versions of Apple’s other operating systems launching this year including iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate 27, iPadOS 27’s biggest updates will come courtesy of the new Siri AI. Siri will be accessible through iPadOS’ Spotlight search, which will automatically know when you’re prompting the assistant or just searching for apps and documents. Siri AI will also be available through a new dedicated Siri app that can be used like ChatGPT’s app to have conversations with the smart assistant and access and revisit past chats. Apple Intelligence and Siri AI will be available on iPad models with an M1 chip or later as well as the iPad mini with Apple’s A17 Pro chip.
You can check out all the new features and capabilities coming to Siri this year right here.
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Screen Time is getting a major overhaul under iPadOS 27, giving parents and caregivers the ability to schedule when and for how long kids have access to specific apps and services. Apple will also introduce new APIs for parental controls and a new Declared Age Range API so individual apps can offer a customized or limited experience based on who is actually using them. Updates to child accounts will allow caregivers to limit access to specific apps, as well as who kids can talk to in iMessage. Kids can also be made to ask for approval to view websites, with that safety feature automatically being turned on for kids under 13.
Apple is improving the iPad’s speed and performance with its next OS. Transferring files to an external drive connected over USB-C or just browsing its contents will be up to five times faster. Launching apps will be faster, too, as will AirDrop transfers.
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Keeping your browsing organized will get a little easier in Safari. iPadOS 27 will introduce an Organize Tabs feature that automatically sorts open tabs into multiple groups based on each site’s content. Safari Notify Me can be used to monitor web pages on your behalf, notifying you with an alert of a price drop or restock in an online store, for example.
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