Now with the M3 chip, the  Apple 11″ iPad Air delivers optimal performance and is built for Apple Intelligence.

The M3 chip also brings Apple’s advanced graphics architecture to the iPad Air for the first time with support for ray tracing, dynamic caching, and hardware-accelerated mesh shading.

With 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, a portable design, all-day battery life, an 11″ Liquid Retina Display, and support for optional Apple Pencil Pro, Apple Pencil (USB-C), and Magic Keyboard, the iPad Air empowers you to be even more productive and creative while on the go. This iPad Air comes preloaded with iPadOS. Please check your device settings for the latest available update.

Now with the M3 chip, the iPad Air empowers users to be productive and creative wherever they are, from aspiring creatives using large files in demanding apps, to travelers editing content on the go.Featuring a more powerful 8-core CPU, the M3 is up to 35 percent faster for multithreaded CPU workflows than M1. M3 features a 9-core GPU with up to 40 percent faster graphics performance over M1.

For the first time, M3 brings Apple’s advanced graphics architecture to the iPad Air. Dynamic Caching only uses the exact amount of memory needed for each task, which dramatically increases the average utilization of the GPU, resulting in significant performance increases for the most demanding pro apps and games.

With support for hardware-accelerated mesh shading and ray tracing, M3 offers up to four times faster performance than M1, enabling more accurate lighting, reflections, shadows, and immersive gaming experiences.

The iPad Air has an 11″ Liquid Retina Display with a 2360 x 1640 resolution and P3 wide color gamut coverage for vivid colors. It also has True Tone, 500 nits of brightness, and an anti-reflective coating for better viewing.

True Tone optimizes the white balance of the display to best fit your ambient light, so it’s easy on the eyes. The screen supports both the Apple Pencil Pro and the Apple Pencil (USB-C).

The iPad Air is built for Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself, and get things done effortlessly.With secure privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data—not even Apple.

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.

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 ideal shot—while staying true to the original image.

Now located on the long side of the iPad Air, the Ultra-Wide 12MP front-facing camera creates an ideal video calling experience. With Center Stage, machine learning enables the camera to automatically adjust to keep everyone in the field of view.The 12MP wide rear camera captures vivid photos and detailed 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 the Apple Pencil (sold separately).

Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) delivers fast wireless connectivity, over two times faster than the previous generation. You can stream, download, and share at high speeds. The iPad Air also features Bluetooth 5.3 low-latency audio, which supports next-gen headsets and hearing aids that use Bluetooth LE.

Record and play back rich audio with dual studio-quality mics and landscape stereo speakers.

The USB-C port gives you fast, easy connections to accessories and peripherals, such as external displays, docks, drives, cameras, and more. It supports USB speeds of up to 10 Gb/s.

The iPad Air is designed to reduce environment impact:

• 100% recycled aluminum in the enclosure
• 100% recycled cobalt and over 95% recycled lithium in the battery
• 100% recycled copper in multiple printed circuit boards
• 100% recycled gold wire in all cameras
• 100% recycled gold in the plating of all Apple-designed printed circuit boards and all connectors
• 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets
• 100% recycled tin in the solder of multiple printed circuit boards
• 15% recycled glass in the cover glass
• At least 20% recycled plastic in 12 components
• 100% fiber-based packaging
• 39% recycled content in fiber-based packaging