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iPadOS 18.3

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
5
Beta cycle
42d
Average interval
11d
Public release
Jan 27, 2025

Release notes

Overview

Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.

iPadOS 18.3 refined notification summaries on Apple Intelligence-capable iPads. Users could manage the feature from the Lock Screen, summaries gained clearer visual treatment, and News and Entertainment summaries were temporarily unavailable.[1]

The update also restored the keyboard in affected typed Siri requests and made Calculator repeat the last operation when the equals button is tapped again. Apple’s security bulletin documents the broader maintenance work separately.[2][3]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. About iPadOS 18 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 18.3 — notification summaries

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  2. About the Security Content of iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3 security content

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  3. About iPadOS 18 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 18.3 — enhancements and bug fixes

    Back to text ↑
  4. About iPadOS 18 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 18.3

  5. About the Security Content of iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · Released January 27, 2025

  6. iOS & iPadOS 18.3 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29

Documented & observed

Changes in this version

Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

bugFix · fixed

Typed Siri keyboard fix

documentedconfirmed

Apple fixed a condition in which the keyboard could disappear when a user initiated a typed request to Siri.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iPadOS 18 Updates · iPadOS 18.3 — Siri keyboard

enhancement · changed

Calculator repeat operation

documentedconfirmed

Tapping equals repeatedly applied the last operation again, restoring a common calculator behavior.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iPadOS 18 Updates · iPadOS 18.3 — Calculator

enhancement · changed

Notification summary controls and presentation

documentedconfirmed

Users could adjust summary settings from the Lock Screen, and summarized text used italic styling and a glyph; News and Entertainment summaries were temporarily unavailable.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About iPadOS 18 Updates · iPadOS 18.3 — Notification summaries

Milestones

Release history

Every recorded channel appearance in chronological order. Open an appearance for any available build, scope, notes, and sources.

  2. +22 days
  3. +9 days
  4. +5 days
  5. +6 days

    Public release

    Public

    Source-linked recordEditorially verified

    The public iPadOS 18.3 release refined notification summaries and corrected Calculator and typed Siri behavior.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    5 linked
    Open this appearance

Historical context

Cycle comparison

Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.

Historical avg for .3 releases

41 days, 5.0 milestones

Based on 6 previous iPadOS .3 releases

Cycle vs. platform average

42d (avg: 50d)

8 days shorter than the iPadOS average

Duration ranking

#24 of 46

Middle of the pack iPadOS beta cycles

Longest gap in this cycle

22 days

Between Beta 1 and Beta 2

Previous .3 releases (iPadOS)

Previous comparable iPadOS releases
VersionYearCycleMilestonesAvg. Interval
iPadOS 26.3202658d515d
iPadOS 17.3202441d510d
iPadOS 16.3202340d510d
iPadOS 15.3202240d413d
iPadOS 14.3202032d66d
iPadOS 13.3201935d59d

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Official release notes