Can't update my iPad to the latest iOS through settings

Surely you don't expect a 7 year old device to support the new more resource intensive operating systems do you?

"Built in obsolescence" is a myth and a particularly silly one at that. More so when the device is obsolete by its age alone.

Unless you think a 2012 tablet from any other manufacturer would still be able to run a current OS version, what you claim is just ridiculous.

Obsolescence cannot be built in. It happens due to external factors to the device. There is absolutely no way to determine when a device will no longer be able to run current software.

manukash wrote:

built-in obsolescence at work...

Really...

You think Apple only supporting your iPad for 5 years and third party app developers, btw which many STILL support iOS 10 and later, to YOU means “forced obsolescence?

Really???...

I have an nearly 4-year old iPad Pro that I use everyday that I keep on iOS 10.3.3,for a major reason that doesn’t matter here, that STILL gets regular and daily third party apps updates for 85%-90% of the total amount of apps I have on this iPad Pro!

The other 10%-15% that do not receive app updates, any longer, all still work!

As long as that iPad 4th gen is still working and apps still function, that device is far from obsolete.

The iPad 4th generation is ineligible and excluded from upgrading to iOS 11 or iOS 12 and any future iOS versions.

With the introduction of the all 64-bit iOS 11,  ALL support for older 32-bit iDevice hardware and any iOS 32-bit software/apps has ended.

Your iPad 4 is an older, 32-bit hardware device.

With the introduction of the 64 bit coded iOS 11, and now iOS 12 and later, ALL newer iOS versions will ONLY support newer 64 bit hardware iDevices and 64 bit software, now.

The iPad 4 is incompatible with all of these new iOS versions, now.

No need to panic or worry though.

Your iPad 4th gen will still work and function as it always has, but will no longer receive any more app updates sometime in the foreseeable future.The 4th gen iPad has had over 5 years of iOS upgrades/updates

The final app updates your 4th gen iPad will receive will be its last!

Your iPad 4 will survive and should stay a viable, functioning iPad for a couple more years.

Currently, iPad 4 models are STILL receiving many regular app updates, but look for this change over time.

This is why Apple introduced new, lower cost iPad models.

Apple is trying to get older 6, 7 and 8-year iPad 2, 3, 4 and 1st gen Mini iPad users to upgrade to more modern iPad hardware with the recent releases of iOS 11, and now iOS 12, which will render all older 32-bit iDevices obsolete, in time.

Also, since the iPad 4 has not had any new iOS upgrades/updates in nearly 2 years, I would strongly consider you stop using that old, default iOS Safari Web browser and seek out other more current and, up to date and more secure third party Web browsers, instead.

Here are a few, more popular, third party web browsers that I know are STILL being updated and supported on iOS 10 and earlier, in no particular order.

iCab Mobile Web browser

Dolphin Web browser

DuckDuckGo private Web browxer

Snow Bunny Web browser

Private Browsing Web browser

Aloha Web browser

Maxthon Web browser

Good Luck to You!

The 4th Generation iPad cannot update beyond iOS 10.3.3. And if there is no Profiles section in Settings, then you are not running a Beta.

A 4th Generation iPad is actually 7 years old at this point not 2. It was first released in 2012.