Less than a year after updating it with the M2 chip and introducing a larger-screen option, Apple gave the iPad Air another hardware refresh with a power bump. To boost its already formidable productivity chops, Apple also treated the iPad Air to a new, more affordably priced Magic Keyboard with a dedicated function row.

The 2025 Apple iPad Air is in many ways identical to the 2024 release. It still starts at $599 for an 11-inch model, and aside from an updated M3 processor, precious little else is new. The M3 chip gives the 2025 Air an edge over the outgoing tablet when it comes to speed,

Apple's 2025 iPad 11 is Apple's new budget tablet. The biggest problem for it is that the 2022 iPad Air is almost always a better product for about the same money. Here's how the two compare.