I want to install Microsoft Word on my iPad Air 2
I want to install microsoft word on my ipad air 2, but it requires ios16 or later. What can i do to install microsoft word?
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iPad Air 2, iPadOS 15
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An iPad Air is capable of update to iPadOS 15.7.9; the Air2 does not support iPadOS 16/17.
Since release of iPadOS 17, Microsoft has dropped support for iOS/iPadOS 15 and earlier. The majority of Microsoft's available Apps for iPad now have a minimum requirement of iPadOS 16 or later.
Unless you have downloaded an earlier version of MS Word for iPad prior to support for iPadOS15 being deprecated, you will not be able to install this or other Microsoft productivity Apps on your iPad Air2.
If access to Microsoft Apps is important to you, your only option is to replace your current iPad with a newer or current model iPad that supports iPadOS 16/17. Of current models, even the entry-level iPad9 has specifications and capabilities that will massively outperform you current iPad - and is compatible with the vast majority of current Apps. Other models are more powerful still.
For information, here is a list of the highest version of iOS supported by the older models of iPad (for simplicity - “generations” are shortened to a number) that are restricted in their ability to be updated:
32-bit devices (obsolete)
iPad1 - iOS 5.1.1
iPad2, iPad3 and iPad mini1 - iOS 9.3.5 (WiFi Only models), iOS 9.3.6 (WiFi & Cellular)
iPad4 - iOS 10.3.3 (WiFi Only), iOS 10.3.4 (WiFi & Cellular)
64-bit devices
iPad Air1, iPad mini2 and iPad mini3 - iOS 12.5.7
iPad Air2, iPad mini4 - iPadOS 15.7.9
iPad5, iPad Pro (9.7"/12.9" first generation) - iPadOS 16.7
Newer models are all able to be updated to the current version - iPadOS 17.0.3
- iPad Pro 12.9" (2nd generation and later)
- iPad Pro 11" (1st generation and later)
- iPad Pro 10.5"
- iPad Air (3rd generation and later)
- iPad (6th generation and later)
- iPad mini (5th generation and later)
