iPad 7th Gen iPadOS 17.7 update, not 18 - iPadOS 18 [18 update is available after 17.7 update]

[TigerKR]

My iPad 7th Gen is showing an iPadOS 17.7 update, not iPadOS 18 update.

Edit: iPadOS 18 is available after 17.7 update for 7th Gen iPad

 

[rexhunt]

Mine is also showing 17.7. Anyone have insight to when iPadOS 18 will be released?

 

[TigerKR]

iPad OS 18 is theoretically available today:

Apple Releases iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 With Home Screen Customization, App Locking, Passwords App, Messages Updates and More

Apple today released iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, the new operating system updates for the iPhone and iPad. As with all of Apple's software updates, iOS...

www.macrumors.com

 

[TigerKR]

My iPhone 13 mini just finished updating to 17.7, and now software update lists that iOS 18 is available. Maybe the same thing will happen with the iPad 7th gen.

 

[TigerKR]

Yeah, after updating to 17.7 on the 7th Gen iPad, now iPadOS 18 is available to update.

 

[UliBaer]

Before updating to 17.7 you could have just scrolled to the end of the site offering 17.7. There would have been the option to update to 18.0.

 

[TigerKR]

That's entirely possible. I thought it said iOS / iPad OS 18 at the bottom. In my excitement, I must have clicked "Update Now" not realizing it was for 17.7 listed at the top, and not 18, listed below.

 

[BeautifulWoman_1984]

Mine is also showing 17.7. Anyone have insight to when iPadOS 18 will be released?

You should see them both now.

 

[BeautifulWoman_1984]

That's entirely possible. I thought it said iOS / iPad OS 18 at the bottom. In my excitement, I must have clicked "Update Now" not realizing it was for 17.7 listed at the top, and not 18, listed below.

Did everything work out okay for you?

 

[Gregg2]

Mine was showing the update for 17.7, and I decided to do that, but had other things to take care of first. When I got around to it, the 17.7 update was not showing up. I went ahead and made the jump to 18. I'm not sure what happened to the "offer" of 17.7, and can't remember now everything I did after seeing it, so I can't assign the cause of the disappearance to a particular action.