Apple has upgraded its iPad lineup -- the Air and entry-level models, at least. The new iPad Air now has an M3 chip compared to the M2 it had last year. It also gets a Magic Keyboard upgrade with added rows of function buttons.

The new iPad Air and iPad both feature speed boosts, but there’s another upgrade in the entry-level iPad’s that has us more excited.

After yesterday’s product tease, Apple has officially announced a refresh of the iPad Air and regular iPad, bringing faster processors to both models.Sorry, no M4 chip. However, the company is upgrading the iPad Air from the older M2 processor to 2023’s M3 so that both tablets can run Apple Intelligence with better performance.