iPad Air lets you immerse yourself in whatever youre reading, watching, or creating. The 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display features advanced technologies like True Tone, P3 wide color, and an antireflective coating. Touch ID is built into the top button, so you can use your fingerprint to unlock your iPad and sign in to apps. And you can choose from five gorgeous colors. The breakthrough M1 chip is now in iPad Air. An 8-core CPU delivers up to 60 percent faster performance than the previous generation, making iPad Air a creative and mobile gaming powerhouse. Multitask smoothly between powerful apps and play graphics-intensive games. And with M1, you can go even further with your creativity with apps like SketchUp. The Apple-designed 16-core Neural Engine accelerates machine learning so you can do amazing things. Editing photos is faster than ever in Adobe Lightroom, where you can intelligently select the sky in your photos with just a tap. Apple iPad iPadOS Software Compatibility Chart: Device Released Original iPadOS Max iPadOS iPad (Gen 11) 2025 18 18 iPad Mini (Gen 7) 2024 18 18 iPad Pro M4 (Gen 7) 2024 17 18 iPad Air M2 (Gen 6) 2024 17 18 iPad Pro 12.9 (Gen 6) 2022 16 18 iPad Pro 11 (Gen 4) 2022 16 18 iPad (Gen 10) 2022 16 18 iPad Air (Gen 5) 2022 15 18 iPad (Gen 9) 2021 15 18 iPad mini (Gen 6) 2021 15 18 iPad Pro 12.9 (Gen 5) 2021 14 18 iPad Pro 11 (Gen 3) 2021 14 18 iPad Air (Gen 4) 2020 14 18 iPad (Gen 8) 2020 14 18 iPad Pro 12.9 (Gen 4) 2020 13 18 iPad Pro 11 (Gen 2) 2020 13 18 iPad (Gen 7) 2019 13 18 iPad Air (Gen 3) 2019 12 18 iPad mini (Gen 5) 2019 12 18 iPad Pro 12.9 (Gen 3) 2018 12 18 iPad Pro 11 (Gen 1) 2018 12 18 iPad (Gen 6) 2018 11 17 iPad Pro 12.9 (Gen 2) 2017 10 17 iPad Pro 10.5 2017 10 17 iPad (Gen 5) 2017 10 16 iPad Pro 9.7 2016 9 16 iPad Pro 12.9 (Gen 1) 2015 9 16 iPad mini 4 2015 9 15 iPad Air 2 2014 8 15 iPad mini 3 2014 8 12 iPad mini 2 2013 7 12 iPad Air (Gen 1) 2013 7 12 iPad (Gen 4) 2012 6 10 iPad mini (Gen 1) 2012 6 9 iPad (Gen 3) 2012 5 9 iPad 2 2011 4 9 iPad (Gen 1) 2010 3 5