iPad 11‑inch and all‑new 13‑inch iPad Air, supercharged by the M2 chip

New Launch : iPAD Air M2 (May 7 2024)

Apple announced the redesigned 11-inch and all-new 13-inch iPad Air, supercharged by the M2 chip. Now available in two sizes for the first time, the 11-inch iPad Air is super-portable, and the 13-inch model provides an even larger display for more room to work, learn, and play. Here is the key highlights from Apple.

• Featuring a faster CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine in M2

• More performance and is an incredibly powerful device for artificial intelligence.

• Front-facing Ultra Wide 12MP camera.

• The redesigned 11-inch iPad Air is super-portable, perfect for getting work done on the go. For users who want a larger display, the new 13-inch iPad Air offers 30 percent more screen real estate than the 11-inch model.

• The expansive display gives users more space to capture their ideas in apps like Freeform, or view multiple apps using Split View in iPadOS.

• Advanced displays with a Liquid Retina design; an anti-reflective screen coating.

• True Tone technology; high brightness; and support for P3 wide color, resulting in content that looks remarkably rich and vibrant, and text that is sharp in all kinds of lighting conditions.

• The M2 chip brings another big boost in performance to iPad Air, featuring a faster 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU.

• New iPad Air is nearly 50 percent faster than the previous iPad Air with M1 for a wide range of productivity and creative tasks.

• From creating engaging content faster than ever in Affinity Designer, to playing demanding, graphics-intensive games like Zenless Zone Zero, users will feel the speed of M2 in everything they do.

• With M2, the new iPad Air is an amazing device for AI, featuring a more efficient 16-core Neural Engine that is 40 percent faster than M1.

• Combined with ML accelerators in the CPU and a powerful GPU to boost on-device machine learning, along with Apple silicon’s unified memory architecture, iPad Air delivers exceptional AI performance.

• With faster wireless connectivity on the go, users can do even more on iPad Air. The new iPad Air supports Wi-Fi 6E, which delivers up to 2x increased performance than the previous generation, so users can download files, play games online, and stream movies. Wi-Fi + Cellular models with 5G allow users to access their files, communicate with peers, and back up their data in a snap while on the go.

• Apple Pencil Pro features even more magical capabilities and powerful new interactions that take the Apple Pencil experience even further. A new sensor in the barrel can sense a user’s squeeze, bringing up a tool palette to quickly switch tools, line weights, and colors, all without interrupting the creative process.

Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2): Liquid Retina Display, 128GB, Landscape 12MP Front Camera/12MP Back Camera, Wi-Fi 6E, Touch ID, All-Day Battery Life

$584.99