I am using the iPad's Safari (browser) for development testing.
I need a specific version of safari that is 13.1.
The current version is lower than that. If I update safari from the app store it will update to the latest release version (~14).
How can I install a specific version of Safari on the iPad?
Best Answer
The version of Safari browser is tied to the version of iPadOS running on your iPad. It's not possible to pick and install a specific version of Safari which is lower than the current latest version of iPadOS.
If you wish to use a specific version for development and testing, you can install Xcode on your Mac, which would give you access to iOS/iPadOS simulators running on macOS.
Thereafter you can pick and download a specific older version of iPadOS (such as iPadOS 13.1).
The only con is that instead of Safari running on a real iPad device, you'd be testing on a software simulator of Safari for iPad running atop a desktop/laptop computer.