How do I update my iPad Air to 13.0 or higher? I just updated it to version 12.5.3 and when I go the settings then to update it say there are no other versions available at this time. When I try to install Netflix it say I need 13.0 version and go to settings to install it.
Netflix has iOS versions that go all the way back to iOS 5.
There is one last thing you can try/attempt, if you need older versions of apps.
If you own another much newer iOS device that can run iOS/iPadOS 13 and later, you can install the most recent version app/s onto that more recent iOS device.
Then go back to your older iPad, open the iOS App Store, go to the Purchases section of the store app, search for the app/s you wish to try and download to that older iPad and see if an older version of the app is allowed to be downloaded/installed to
that older iPad.
These newer iOS/iPadOS devices must use your same Apple ID user account and password.
Failing that OR IF NO joy, then there is nothing more to be done.
That iPad will be 8-years old, this year, in 2021.
If you need/want an iPad with an up to date iPadOS with access to current, updatedapps, then you really need to seriously consider a purchase of a new iPad model OR a much, MUCH “newer” and less expensive, refurbished or used iPad models, from
better known, trusted sources, like other Apple product/device retailers/resellers, some locally or from online, on the Web/Internet, capable of running the latest iPadOS versions.
There are PLENTY of newer, older iPad models that can run the latest, current versions of iPadOS.
I am sorry that you had to learn all of this, but this does not change any of the facts about these much older iOS devices.
Sorry & Best of Luck to You!
Chip1813 wrote:
How do I update my iPad Air to 13.0 or higher? I just updated it to version 12.5.3 and when I go the settings then to update it say there are no other versions available at this time. When I try to install Netflix it say I need 13.0 version and go to settings to install it.
A first generation iPad Air, iPad mini2 and mini3 can only be updated to iOS 12.5.3.
Apple ended major update support for these models of iPad in September 2019 - although they since continue to receive “point” security updates. These devices cannot be updated to iPadOS 13 (or any later major versions of iPadOS) as the internal hardware does not meet the minimum technical requirements (CPU and RAM) for newer versions of iOS/iPadOS.
Some App developers have dropped support for iOS versions preceding iOS 13.x for technical reasons (often because APIs or software libraries upon which they rely have been updated in the new version of iPadOS, making their App incompatible with earlier versions).
Whilst many App titles remain compatible with your iPad, if you want or need to access to Apps requiring the most recent versions of iOS, you’ll need to consider replacement of your iPad with a newer or current model that supports iPadOS14.
Sorry no. Your iPad model cannot support iOS versions beyond the one that's currently running on it, because of hardware (CPU/RAM) incompatibility.
Regards
Giulio
updating iPad Air
