Why “iPadOS” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
> It is the best selling tablet brand, but that doesn't mean much when you look at the absolute garbage the rest of the industry is putting out. That’s where I am. I love my iPa…
by Ancapistani · Oct 20, 2026
Yep. iPadOS 27 broke many keyboard use cases for me, including very simple things like using tab to move to the next field on a form in Safari. It worked in iPadOS 26, but doesn…
by Ancapistani · Oct 20, 2026
This might be true but also ipadOS is a buggy mess and fails to even be a good walled garden
by someguydave · Oct 20, 2026
I was on the iPadOS 26 beta all summer (last year). Until early August I was convinced they would just cancel the release completely and roll back. Would've been the only good d…
by andix · Oct 20, 2026
Window management on iPadOS is a mess. The old way (only one app, Split View or slide over) worked well, but is mostly gone since iOS 26. With iOS 27 the new window management b…
by andix · Oct 20, 2026
“Serious” computing would be using several applications that chain together to create an end product. Case in point: authoring academic papers. If you have a local or self-hoste…
by xattt · Oct 20, 2026
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iPadOS is a proprietary mobile operating system created and developed by Apple for its iPad line of tablet computers. It was given a name distinct from iOS, the operating system used by Apple's iPhones, to reflect the diverging features of the two product lines, such as multitasking. The operating system was introduced as iPadOS 13, reflecting its status as the successor to iOS 12 for the iPad, and first released to the public on September 24, 2019. Major versions of iPadOS are released annually; the current stable version, iPadOS 27.0.1, was released to the public on September 28, 2026 . Read more on Wikipedia