Apple reveals a new iPad Air with M1 chip

There’s a new iPad Air coming out this year with modern specs that bring it back in line with Apple’s pricing scheme.

The updated unit has an M1 chip bringing it in line with the iPad Pro and the MacBook Air. While we were expecting to see the tablet get bumped up to the Apple A15 Bionic chipset, this signifies an even more aggressive tablet strategy for Apple. Suggesting that the next time we see an iPad Pro, it might have an M2 chip.

This year, Apple also added a larger 12-megapixel selfie camera, so every iPad model has the cool centre stage feature for video calls. The iPad Air is also being bumped up to support 5G.

As with the previous model, the iPad Air supports Apple Pencil 2 and even a USB-C port, but this post is 2x as fast as the previous model. The screen on this model appears to be the same anti-reflective liquid retina display as the previous version. None of this is a letdown considering how good the iPad Air has been for years.

One of the cooler updates is a new update to iMovie that makes it easier for JR filmmakers to make professional-looking content. This is less of an iPad update, but since iMovie comes free with all iPads, it is neat to see it getting some new features.

There are some new colours as well that are somewhat pastel looking but not as vibrant as some of Apple’s other products. The colours are Blue, pink, purple, Starlite and space grey.

More to come…