Apple iPad Air M4 review: a little bit faster now

Published: (March 9, 2026 at 09:00 AM EDT)
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Source: The Verge

Source: The Verge

For the record: if you’re getting an iPad Air, you should also get the keyboard case.
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

The newest iPad Air is a chip‑bump iPad—maybe the chip‑bump‑iest iPad Air yet. Inside this new machine are, in fact, three upgraded chips compared to last year’s model: an M4 processor, a C1X cellular modem, and an N1 chip that brings the Air Wi‑Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread support. That is the entire list of upgrades on this year’s device.

Apple talks about the Air in a very straightforward way: it’s where Apple’s top‑line tech goes after it’s retired from the iPad Pro, typically once Apple has a better version available and can produce the existing version with more scale and cost‑efficiency.

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