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Apple M3 chip

Qualcomm® Snapdragon® 695

8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores

9-core GPU

16-core Neural Engine

Octa-core, 2 @2.2GHz and 6 @1.8GHz

Hardware-accelerated ray tracing

8GB RAM

Media Engine

Hardware-accelerated 8K HEVC, 4K H.264, ProRes, and ProRes RAW

Video decode engine

Video encode engine

ProRes encode and decode engine

AV1 decode

128GB | 256GB | 512GB | 1TB

64GB

Up to 1TB

microSD™

4GB

iPadOS 18

iPadOS comes with powerful features and built-in apps designed to take advantage of the unique capabilities of iPad.

Learn more about iPadOS 18

13

Get help with everyday tasks like sending messages, setting reminders, and more

Activate hands-free with only your voice using “Siri” or “Hey Siri,” or use Type to Siri

Protected by the strongest privacy of any intelligent assistant

Powered by Apple Intelligence, Siri is more natural, contextually relevant, and personal

Learn more about Siri

5G (sub 6 GHz and mmWave) with 4x4 MIMO

5G NR mmWave (Bands n258, n260, n261)

5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n71, n78, n79)

Bands n2, n5, n30, n41, n66, n71, n77

Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA

Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71

Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48

850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz

850/900/1700/2100/1900/2100MHz

FaceTime video

Center Stage

iPad to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi-Fi or cellular

Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay

Screen sharing

Portrait mode in FaceTime video

Spatial Audio

Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes

FaceTime audio

Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO

802.11a/b/g/n/ac/r

2.4GHz & 5GHz

2.4GHz & 5.0GHz

5.3

v5.1 + A2DP

eSIM

iPad Air uses advanced eSIM technology for more convenience and security (not compatible with physical SIM cards)

Learn more about eSIM

Learn more about traveling with eSIM

Nano

n77 C-Band

Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 14, 20, 26, 28, 29, 30, 40, 41, 66, 71

Yes

Up to 20 devices

Touch ID

Three-axis gyro

Accelerometer

Barometer

Ambient light sensor

Accelerometer, Ambient Light, Geomagnetic, Gyroscope, Hall

Yes

Google Gmail™, Microsoft® Outlook

Yes

Apple Music®

YouTube Music

AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos

MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC

Apple Music®

Yes

Via touchscreen

Built-in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of your iPad. Learn more

Features include:

VoiceOver

Zoom

Magnifier

Spoken Content

Voice Control

Switch Control

AssistiveTouch

Siri and Dictation

Type to Siri

Real-Time Text

Audio Descriptions

Subtitles and Closed Captioning

Live Captions

The AT&T Eco-Rating 2.0 system gives you environmental and social details about this device. The system uses a total of 20 performance criteria across 5 different attributes, for a total rating of 1 to 5 stars: 19-20 (5-star), 16-18 (4-star), 13-15 (3-star), 10-12 (2-star), 8-9 (1-star)

4/4

1/3

0/1

2/2

10/10

17/20 (4-star) Please visit www.att.com/ecospace for additional information