Apple has released the 26.4 updates to all of its major software platforms today, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS, and the HomePod. The most important reason to install each update is the big pile of included security fixes—you can see the ones Apple is disclosing for iOS/iPadOS and macOS on its security website—but the updates also include a few significant new features,

OS 26.4 for iPhone and iPadOS 26.4 for iPad have been released by Apple as software updates. The new versions of system software include a few minor new features and changes, a handful of new

Apple today seeded the release candidate version of upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers and public beta testers, with the software coming a week after Apple provided the fourth betas.

The current base model iPad equips the A16 chip from the iPhone 14 Pro lineup. This new model, as the title suggests, will bump it up to the A18 from the iPhone 16 lineup. That’ll yield notable performance gains, but more importantly, it’ll introduce support for Apple Intelligence.

The iPad is often heralded as the superior device with its near-laptop performance, but the underdog iPhone sports exclusive features its big sibling lacks.