Update March 21 : Mark Gurman of Bloomberg claims the new iPads wo n’t launch on March 26 .
Ever since Apple launched the M3 MacBook Air before this month , we ’ve been waiting for new iPads to follow . Now it seems as though we have a date — and we should only demand to wait a fiddling longer .
According to theChinese - language site IT Home(via Macrumors ) , Apple will take the wraps off its young iPads on Tuesday , March 26 , establish on an psychoanalysis of several tablet - colligate accessary that are due to go live on Amazon . It ’s not clear which models will launch first or whether there will be a short preorder period . A disjoined paper fromDisplay Supply Chain Consultant Ross Youngclaims that supplies of the 11 - inch model could be more constrained than the larger 12.9 - inch models .
However , a post on Thursdayon X ( formerly Twitter ) by Bloomberg ’s Mark Gurman plainly says “ Not genuine . ” touch to that report . That could mean the iPads will launch on a different sidereal day next week ( the M3 MacBook Air released on a Monday ) or that they will arrive in April .
A freestanding rumor fromWeibo user Instant Digitalsays the first round of iPad Air fabrication has wrapped up and units are already shipping from China . So it appears that the new tablet will launch very presently .
Apple is expected to update both the iPad Air and the iPad Pro with the first new models in more than a year . The most notable update will be a completely new12.9 - column inch iPad Air modelas a cheaper alternative to the flagship iPad Pro . It ’s also expected to get a respectable camera and processor . TheiPad Prois rumor to get OLED display , an M3 CPU , and a thinner conception as well as a higher price tag .
Also rumored are Modern 11 - inch and 12.9 - inch Magic Keyboards that will presumably support both models of Air and Pro . report have said the new keyboards will be sturdier and more MacBook - like . A novel Apple Pencil is also likely to establish to refresh the lineup .
After the iPad launches , Apple ’s next event is probable to beWWDCin June , which should be harbinger next week . Apple will unveiliOS 18 , iPadOS 18 , macOS 15 , and new versions of the rest of its operating systems . It could uncover some new hardware as well , such as a newMac miniandMac Studio .
