The iPadOS 14 home screen running on the 7th-generation iPad
Developer
Apple Inc.
Written in
C, C++, Objective-C, Swift, assembly language
OS family
Unix-like, based on Darwin (BSD), iOS
Source model
Closed with open-source components
General availability
September 16, 2020; 3 years ago (2020-09-16)
Latest release
14.8.1[1] (18H107) (October 26, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-26)) [±]
Marketing target
Tablet computers
Available in
40 languages[2][3][4][5]
Update method
OTA, software update through iTunes or Finder
Package manager
App Store
Platforms
See below
Kernel type
Hybrid (XNU)
Default user interface
Cocoa Touch (multi-touch, GUI)
License
Proprietary software except for open-source components
Preceded by
iPadOS 13
Succeeded by
iPadOS 15
Official website
iPadOS 14 at the Wayback Machine (archived September 12, 2021)
Tagline
Looks brand new. Feels like home.
Support status
Obsolete, no longer receiving security updates,[6] because all iPads that support iPadOS 14 support iPadOS 15 as well. Widespread third-party app support.
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iOS 14 (derived from)
iPadOS 14 is the second major release of the iPadOS operating system developed by Apple for their iPad line of tablet computers. It was announced on June 22, 2020 at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) as the successor to iPadOS 13, making it the second version of the iPadOS fork from iOS. It was released to the public on September 16, 2020.[7][8] It was succeeded by iPadOS 15 on September 20, 2021.
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