iPadOS 27: Apple is leaving these five iPad models behind, but owners deserve better

We’re about 3 weeks out from when Apple unveiled i OS 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 i OS 26.5. While i OS 27 does support every device that ran i OS 26, the same isn’t true for i Pad OS. A number of older i Pad OS 26 devices will not be receiving the i Pad OS 27 update, which I think is quite a shame – and Apple should mitigate this one way or another.