If everyone had access to clean water and, thus, longer life spans, we could initially expect populations and overall welfare to rise. Both iPad Air models offer “all-day” 10-hour battery life. Both models offer P3 wide color support for rich, true-to-life colors, an anti-reflective coating with 1.8 percent reflectivity, and True Tone support that adjusts the white balance of the display to match the ambient lighting of the room. With a wireless indoor/outdoor thermometer, you can actually peek out from underneath the warm covers, reach over to the nightstand and check room temperature, as well as outside temperature. Water is an ideal cooling medium for vessels as they are constantly surrounded by water that generally remains at a low temperature throughout the year. Then, as the year progressed, Buckingham Field, Florida; Las Vegas Field. The M2 chip is plenty fast for everything that an iPad needs to do, and while there’s no OLED display or ProMotion technology, the iPad Air’s display is bright enough for day-to-day use. The Liquid Retina displays do not support 120Hz ProMotion display technology, and Apple has not improved the 11-inch model’s display compared to the prior version. While the iPad Pro models have OLED displays, the iPad Air models use more affordable LCD displays that Apple calls Liquid Retina.

The 11-inch version supports up to 500 nits brightness, while the 13-inch model supports up to 600 nits brightness. Speakers and a microphone are located at the top of the iPad Air adjacent to the Touch ID button, while the right side features features volume up/down buttons and a magnetic space for charging the Apple Pencil. The combination of top-tier design, praised by experts, and practical considerations like the inclusion of Touch ID highlights why the fourth-generation iPad Air continues to be a favorite among both casual users and tech critics. For more iPad Air reviews, we have a dedicated review roundup. At a minimum, it’s a good idea to have a PFD handy for your cat. But have you ever wondered how a car engine works? There is a Media Engine with hardware-accelerated H.264 and HEVC and a video decode/encode engine. The M2 chip has an 8-core CPU and 9-core GPU, plus a 16-core Neural Engine and improved memory bandwidth. Apple later clarified that the iPad Air has a 9-core GPU, but said that all of the performance data was accurate.

With the all-display design, there is no Touch ID Home button, but Apple has not added Face ID to it. Touch ID on the iPad Air is functional in both portrait and landscape orientations. The relocated selfie camera that’s been moved to the landscape edge of the iPad was touted as one of the best changes Apple made to the iPad Air. There were no major changes made to the iPad Air’s design, but the larger screen size provides a more affordable way for customers to get a bigger display. The iPad Air has an edge-to-edge display with slim bezels, and an aluminum chassis with flat sides and rounded edges that wrap around the screen. The M2 iPad Air is up to 50 percent faster than the iPad Air with an M1 chip. Apple included the M2 chip in the iPad Air, and this is the chip that was used in the prior-generation version of the iPad Pro. Because it’s no longer the lightest iPad, the “Air” moniker no longer makes sense, but Apple did not opt to change the name.

Reviewers also liked that the iPad Air now starts with 128GB of storage, up from 64GB, with no change in the base price. The iPad Air starts with 128GB of storage, with 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB available as upgrade options. Like the prior-generation iPad Air, the 2024 model continues to include a USB-C port instead of a Lightning port. There is a 12-megapixel Wide camera on the rear of the iPad Air, with support for Live Photos, 5x digital zoom, 63-megapixel panoramas, wide color capture, noise reduction, Smart HDR 4, burst mode, Live Photos support, and auto image stabilization. The 11-inch iPad Air has a 28.93-watt-hour battery and the 13-inch model has a 36.59-watt-hour battery. You can get the iPad Air in 11-inch and 13-inch screen sizes, similar to the iPad Pro. There is a front-facing camera on the landscape top edge of the iPad Air for FaceTime calls, and compared to the prior model, it has been relocated from the portrait top edge. There is a 12-megapixel front-facing Ultra Wide camera that is located at the landscape top edge of the device rather than the portrait top edge.