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You Tube isn’t compatible. Looking to finally upgrade

blessed2bamommie

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I’m I have a I believe it’s a 3rd gen that has pretty much sat when the screen got bigger except it did get some action when I was reaching and at church for leading music. I also use it for watching vid in other rooms without a screen.

I’ve been using it for my kids music lessons and practice. When planning to use a vid of a song, You Tube is no longer compatible 🤦🏽*♀️. Now I think I might want to upgrade. It’s not a daily use device like my XR. I don’t want the latest and greatest but at the same time, I want longevity. I haven’t kept up with the iPads. I know there’s Air and Pro. Definitely not the latter. Two more kids later and I’m a lot more practical about my devices. I just want more functionality and not have to replace it in a couple years to maintain it.
 

Wotchered

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I am sorry but I do not understand you,what are you trying to do? Because I can reach it from here,I have just played on YouTube a short part of a J S Bach recording on my iPad gen 3, it is just fine. Are you trying to do something more complicated ?
 

Just_Me_D

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The 3rd generation iPad cannot support an iOS version higher than 9.3.6 (according to the iPad Wiki.

With that being said, if you want an iPad that should last you a few years, I recommend a 2018 model or newer.
 

blessed2bamommie

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Yeah years ago I couldn’t do iOS 10 and it wasn’t a huge deal but yeah it can’t get You Tube. I was able to get it in Safari! So that will buy me some more time then and I want them to watch the vid and work on a song right now. Which gen is 2018? I saw the Air but I hadn’t kept up.
 

blessed2bamommie

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Oh wow! iPad wiki has it all listed so double the generations to 6 or an Air. Meanwhile I can still get it on Safari but if this is actually my screen hubs broke and not my screen protector I’m thinking the fix might not be worth it unless I just use it for watching programs at that point.
 

Just_Me_D

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Yeah years ago I couldn’t do iOS 10 and it wasn’t a huge deal but yeah it can’t get You Tube. I was able to get it in Safari! So that will buy me some more time then and I want them to watch the vid and work on a song right now. Which gen is 2018? I saw the Air but I hadn’t kept up.

The YouTube “app” requires iOS 11 and newer so that’s why the app wouldn’t work for you.

As for which iPad model, Best Buy is offering a new 7th Generation iPad for $329.
 

parker5011

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Oh wow! iPad wiki has it all listed so double the generations to 6 or an Air. Meanwhile I can still get it on Safari but if this is actually my screen hubs broke and not my screen protector I’m thinking the fix might not be worth it unless I just use it for watching programs at that point.

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