iPadOS 14

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<div style="font: bold 2em/1.2 -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'SF Pro Display', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: var(--wiki-color);">iPadOS 14</div>
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! class="ios-lab" | Developer
| class="ios-val" | [[Apple]]
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! class="ios-lab" | Announced
| class="ios-val" | June 22, 2020 (WWDC)
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! class="ios-lab" | Initial release
| class="ios-val" | September 16, 2020
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! class="ios-lab" | Final release
| class="ios-val" | 14.8.1 (October 2021)
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! class="ios-lab" | iOS sibling
| class="ios-val" | [[iOS 14]]
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! class="ios-lab" | Preceded by
| class="ios-val" | [[iPadOS 13]]
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! class="ios-lab" | Succeeded by
| class="ios-val" | [[iPadOS 15]]
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iPadOS 14 is the second release of [[iPadOS]], released on September 16, 2020. Its defining feature was Scribble: handwrite with the Apple Pencil into any text field and the words convert to type as you write, with on-device recognition — the Pencil graduating from drawing tool to system-wide input method.

The release also began the iPad's design divergence in earnest: sidebars brought Mac-style navigation to Photos, Notes, Files, and Music; toolbars condensed; and the compact UI (shared with [[iOS 14]]) shrank Siri, calls, and search into overlays that no longer commandeered the whole screen. Search itself became a Spotlight-style universal floating field.

= Features =

Scribble with smart selection and shape recognition; redesigned sidebars and pull-down menus across system apps; compact Siri, call banners, and Search; widgets in the Today column (though not yet on the home-screen grid — that gap to iOS drew a year of complaints); AirPods spatial audio; and shared iOS 14 features including App Clips, default browser choice, and the privacy indicators.

= Supported devices =

Every iPadOS 13 device: iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, iPad (5th gen) and later, all iPad Pros.

= Legacy =

Scribble made the Pencil a text instrument and remains a signature iPad capability; the sidebar language previewed the desktop-class app push formalized in [[iPadOS 16]]. The withheld home-screen widgets became the release's cautionary footnote — tablet parity arrived a year later in [[iPadOS 15]], teaching Apple that iPad users notice when the phone gets features first.