will my ipad 9th gen ever get a big update? 2025

All iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Vision Pros eligible for Apple intelligence have two things in common:

• An Apple Silicon processor. (No Intel-based Macs have Apple Intelligence features.)
• At least 8 GB of RAM.

The 9th-generation iPad has only 3 GB of RAM. That's not enough for Apple Intelligence, and I believe that only a few of the iPads (plain, Air, mini, or Pro) that will be getting iPadOS 26 have that little.

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every new iPad gets apple intellegence

The iPad (A16) doesn't. MacTracker doesn't have an entry for it yet, but several articles on third-party Web sites indicate that it has 6 GB of RAM (i.e., less than the minimum requirement for Apple Intelligence).

iPad - Compare Models - Apple

If you're in the market for a new iPad to run Apple Intelligence, you'd be well-advised to look at a Mini, Air, or Pro. (Or to wait and see if the next generation of plain iPads will support it.)

Apple Intelligence requires a different processor class than is in your Gen9 iPad. Even an iPad 10 dos not meet the processor requirement. See:

How to get Apple Intelligence - Apple Support

and this:

Your iPad will get iPadOS 26, but not Apple Intelligence.

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