It is highly possible that your iPad year and model may not be able to upgrade/update beyond any version of iOS 12, currently at iOS 12.5.5.

You will either need to purchase a new or newer iPad OR for banking, use the actual bank Website, instead of the banking app/s, which are just “app portals” to the Website/s, anyways.Īny Internet/Website-based apps are ALL just “app portals” to the actual Websites, anyways. I hope this information provides helpful clarity as to your available options - and the fundamental limitations of your existing iPad.

Sorry, I appreciate that this may not be what you were hoping to learn. Given that your device is within its twilight period of update support, if used with financial and e-commerce Apps, you might be well advised to soon consider replacement with a more recent device - in so doing benefiting from both enhanced functionality and full update support. Whilst many App titles remain compatible with your iPad, if you want or need to access to Apps requiring the most recent versions of iOS, you’ll need to consider replacement of your iPad with a newer or current model that supports iPadOS15. Some App developers have dropped support for iOS versions preceding iOS 13.x for technical reasons (often because APIs or software libraries upon which they rely have been updated in the new version of iPadOS, making their App incompatible with earlier versions). These devices cannot be updated to iPadOS 13 (or any later major versions of iPadOS) as the internal hardware does not meet the minimum technical requirements (CPU and RAM) for newer versions of iOS/iPadOS. With this version installed, you will have one of these three models.Īpple ended major update support for these models of iPad in September 2019 - although they since continue to receive “point” security updates - the most recent being released just a few days go.

The first generation iPad Air, iPad mini2 and mini3 can only be updated to iOS 12.5.5.

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