Whoosh.
Now supercharged by M4
Pre-order starting at 6:15 a.m. PT on 3.4
Available starting 3.11
M4. Power up, up, up.
The lightning‑fast M4 chip with 50 percent more unified system memory elevates performance for all the things you love to do on iPad Air. It’s an AI powerhouse, enabling the AI features and capabilities you use every day to get things done faster, effortlessly. And the GPU architecture delivers even more fluid advanced graphics whether you’re working, streaming, creating, or gaming. All with amazing efficiency for all‑day battery life.4
All kinds of powerful.
The M4 chip features an 8‑core CPU with 3 performance cores and 5 efficiency cores that power all types of creative tasks, like blazing-fast photo compositing in Photoshop. And its 9‑core GPU delivers up to 60% faster graphics performance than M1 for fast, fluid 3D CAD or video editing. And with 12GB of on-device unified system memory, it delivers faster load times, smooth multitasking, and amazingly responsive gaming. M4 also enables hardware-accelerated ray tracing, so light, shadows, and reflections in apps and games look incredibly vibrant and realistic.
Advanced Neural Engine for advanced AI apps.
than M1
The 16‑core Neural Engine in M4 makes iPad Air an even more powerful device for AI. More unified system memory and higher memory bandwidth speed up everyday AI tasks like searching for text in Goodnotes. The Neural Engine also enables powerful AI features in photo and video editing apps, giving you greater control and helping you bring your creative vision to life effortlessly.
Flex your workflow.
iPad Air comes with powerful and capable apps designed to help you create, connect, and get things done. Browse, edit, and share your images and videos with Photos. And solve complex equations in Math Notes.
Amazing apps for any ask.
Apps can transform iPad Air into almost anything you need it to be. And with over a million apps on the App Store designed just for iPad, you’ll find the right app for whatever you want to do.
Apple Intelligence.Effortlessly helpful every day.
iPad Air is built for Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that helps you create, communicate, and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data — not even Apple.
Image Wand in Notes
Apple Intelligence enables delightful ways to express yourself visually. Turn a rough sketch into a related image with Image Wand. And create new images based on descriptions, suggested concepts, and even a person from your Photos library with Image Playground.
Writing Tools help you find just the right words and transform the way you communicate. Proofread your text, rewrite different versions to get the right tone, and summarize selected text with a tap.
Writing Tools in Mail
Writing Tools help you find just the right words and transform the way you communicate. Proofread your text, rewrite different versions to get the right tone, and summarize selected text with a tap.
Clean Up in Photos
With the Clean Up tool in the Photos app, you can easily remove unwanted distractions in your photos. Apple Intelligence identifies background objects so you can delete them with a tap for the perfect shot — while staying true to the original image.7
Apple Intelligence protects your privacy at every step. It’s integrated into the core of iPad through on-device processing, so it’s aware of your personal information without collecting your personal information. And with groundbreaking Private Cloud Compute, Apple Intelligence can draw on larger, Apple-designed server‑based models, running on Apple silicon, to handle more complex requests while protecting your privacy.
Two sizes. Infinite possibilities.
2360x1640 display resolution
2732x2048 display resolution
You can choose between an 11-inch and a 13-inch iPad Air, each with a gorgeous, high-resolution Liquid Retina display that brings everything you do to life. Both displays deliver a brilliant, responsive, and color-accurate viewing experience.
Connectivity. Far and away faster.
Your games, streaming content, and workflows go wherever you do with the better performance and reliability of Wi-Fi 7,8 Bluetooth 6, and Thread — all enabled by N1, our new wireless networking chip. And you can easily connect to external displays, drives, and devices with USB-C.
The new C1X cellular modem supports 50 percent faster data speeds at greater efficiency while maintaining worldwide 5G coverage. So you can securely access files, communicate with collaborators, and back up data while out and about.8 And eSIM enables a fast, convenient, and secure way to activate a cellular data plan directly on your device.9
Wi-Fi 7
5G
Apple Pencil Pro. Engineered for
limitless creativity.
Apple Pencil sets the standard for how drawing, painting, handwriting, and note-taking should feel — intuitive, precise, and magical. All with pixel‑perfect precision, low latency, tilt sensitivity, and support for palm rejection. And Apple Pencil Pro adds even more capabilities to bring your ideas to life like never before.2
Intuitive
and precise creative control.
Squeeze.
Apple Pencil Pro can sense when you squeeze it and brings up a palette, so you can quickly switch tools, line weights, and colors.
Barrel roll.
A gyroscope allows you to rotate Apple Pencil Pro for precise control of shaped pen and brush tools.
Haptic feedback.
A custom haptic engine delivers precise feedback that you can feel. When you squeeze or double‑tap, you’ll feel a light pulse confirming the action.
Apple Pencil hover.
Preview exactly where your Apple Pencil will touch down on your display, and see a virtual shadow of your tool. So you can write, sketch, and illustrate with even greater precision.
Double tap.
Quickly switch between tools, like a pen and eraser, with a double tap on Apple Pencil Pro.
Ready when
inspiration strikes.
Apple Pencil Pro pairs, charges, and stores magnetically on the side of iPad Air. And if you lose or misplace it, you can easily locate your Apple Pencil Pro in the Find My app.
iPad Air works with Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Pencil (USB-C).
Two great options for all kinds of creativity.
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Magic Keyboard. The keys to your best work.
Magic Keyboard — available in black or white — is the perfect companion for iPad Air. It delivers an amazing typing experience and a trackpad for precision tasks in a sleek, portable design. The keyboard includes a 14‑key function row, a USB-C connector for pass‑through charging, and front and back protection for your iPad Air. The floating cantilever design smoothly adjusts to multiple viewing angles, and a large glass trackpad expands how you can work with iPadOS.2
Cameras. Capture your imagination. And everything else.
Advanced front and back cameras make it easy to shoot and edit incredible content in a snap. Capture audio using the built-in dual mics and play back the rich sound using landscape stereo speakers. And experience more dynamic video calls with Center Stage.
12MP Center Stage front camera
for great video calls
12MP Wide back camera
with Smart HDR images and 4K video
Dual mics and stereo speakers
for adding rich audio
12MP Center Stage front camera.
Stay front and center.
Located on the long side of iPad Air, the 12MP Center Stage camera creates a great video calling experience — especially when iPad Air is attached to Magic Keyboard. And with Center Stage, machine learning enables the camera to automatically adjust to keep you centered in the shot.
Advanced back camera.
Shoot for the stars.
The 12MP Wide back camera captures vivid photos and amazing 4K videos. And the large, high-resolution Liquid Retina display lets you retouch images, edit your film, and easily share them — all on iPad Air. You can also use the back camera to scan documents and then fill them out with Apple Pencil. Machine learning enables features like Visual Look Up so you can identify objects in your photos and videos and learn more about them.
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Serious performance in a thin and light design.
13” or 11”
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Liquid Retina display3
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P3 wide color
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True Tone
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Antireflective coating
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M4 chip
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8-core CPU
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9-core GPU
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16-core Neural Engine
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Apple Intelligence1
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12MP Wide camera
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4K video
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Landscape 12MP Center Stage camera
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Apple Pencil (USB‑C)
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Magic Keyboard
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The ultimate iPad experience with the most advanced technology.
13” or 11”
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Ultra Retina XDR display3
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ProMotion technology
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P3 wide color
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True Tone
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Antireflective coating
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Nano-texture display glass option on 1TB and 2TB models
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M5 chip
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Up to 10-core CPU
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10-core GPU
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16-core Neural Engine
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Apple Intelligence1
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12MP Wide camera
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4K video, ProRes
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Landscape 12MP Center Stage camera
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TrueDepth camera system
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Apple Pencil (USB‑C)
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Magic Keyboard
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