Apple as we speak launched new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air fashions with the M3 chip, together with an up to date Magic Keyboard for the system.
With the M3 chip, the brand new iPad Air ought to provide as much as 20% quicker efficiency in comparison with the previous-generation mannequin with the M2 chip, which was launched in Could 2024. As well as, the M3 chip brings hardware-accelerated ray tracing to the iPad Air for the primary time, offering improved graphics rendering in video games.
The new Magic Keyboard for the iPad Air includes a bigger trackpad, and performance keys for simple entry to options like show brightness and quantity controls. The brand new Magic Keyboard attaches to the iPad Air magnetically, and the Good Connector instantly connects energy and information with out the necessity for Bluetooth. The keyboard can also be geared up with a USB-C port in its hinge for pass-through charging of different equipment.
We’ve got but to find another modifications for the brand new iPad Air past the M3 chip and the up to date Magic Keyboard. The brand new 11-inch and 13-inch fashions proceed to have a 12-megapixel Middle Stage entrance digicam, 12-megapixel Huge rear digicam, Contact ID energy button, USB-C port with as much as 10 Gbps information switch speeds, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3.
Storage capacities proceed to vary between 128GB and 1TB, and battery life is unchanged in comparison with the earlier mannequin.
Apple Intelligence is obtainable on any iPad Air mannequin with the M1 chip or newer.
The brand new iPad Air will be pre-ordered beginning as we speak, and it’ll launch on March 12. Within the U.S., the 11-inch mannequin continues to start out at $599, and the 13-inch mannequin continues to start out at $799. The system stays obtainable in the identical House Grey, Starlight, Blue, and Purple colour choices that have been supplied for the earlier mannequin.
The brand new Magic Keyboard is available in white. Within the U.S., it’s priced at $269 for the 11-inch iPad Air, and at $319 for the 13-inch iPad Air.
