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Quick Answer: Can iPad Mini 1 Get iOS 13?

David Miller • • 3 min read
Quick Answer: Can iPad Mini 1 Get iOS 13?
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No. Its CPU isn’t powerful enough. Your very old first generation iPad mini can only be updated to iOS 9.3. 5 (WiFi Only models) or iOS 9.3.

Can I update iOS for iPad MINI 1?

The iPad 2, 3 and 1st generation iPad Mini are all ineligible and excluded from upgrading to iOS 10. They all share similar hardware architectures and a less powerful 1.0 Ghz CPU that Apple has deemed insufficiently powerful enough to even run the basic, barebones features of iOS 10.

What is the latest iOS for iPad MINI 1?

iPad Mini (1st generation)

iPad Mini in Slate
Generation 1st
Release date November 2, 2012
Discontinued 32 & 64 GB: October 22, 2013, 16 GB: June 19, 2015
Operating system Original: iOS 6.0.1 Last: iOS 9.3.6, released July 22, 2019 (cellular models only), otherwise iOS 9.3.5 (released August 25, 2016)
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