Apple has unveiled its 2024 iPad Air, now in two sizes for the first time thanks to a new 13-inch option. The company also updated the 11-inch iPad Air. Both tablets are outfitted with Apple’s M2 chip and will be in blue, purple, starlight, and space gray colors. The tablet will start at $599 for the 11-inch and $799 for the 13-inch model, and they’re available today on Apple’s site.
The new iPad Air has a single rear 12MP camera lens and a front-facing 12MP camera, as before — now centered on the long edge, or what I’m now calling the One True Placement. It’s also got support for the Apple Pencil Hover feature, which was previously exclusive to the iPad Pro.
With 128GB of storage for the base model, the iPad Air gets double the starting storage of the 2022 Air. It still uses Touch ID on the power button. It’s got stereo speakers on the top and bottom.
The two new iPad Airs can use Apple’s existing Magic Keyboard accessories for the iPad Pro.
This is the first update to the iPad Air since Apple released the M1 version two years ago, and it brings with it some clarity to the company’s jumbled tablet lineup. Now, if you want to ogle a bigger screen without paying the premium for an iPad Pro, you can do that (and get more fun colors as a result!).