Apple has just launched a refreshed version of the iPad Air, armed with the M3 silicon ... and a media engine ready for Hardware-accelerated 8K HEVC, 4K H.264, ProRes and ProRes RAW.

While a new entry-level iPad was longer overdue, it also took the opportunity to unveil a modestly upgraded M3 iPad Air only ten months ... encoding and decoding for 8K HEVC, 4K H.

The iPad Air matches the design of its predecessor and comes in two sizes, 11-inch and 13-inch. This is only the second-generation 13-inch iPad Air, with the first having landed in May 2024.

Apple today introduced new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air models with the M3 chip, along with an updated Magic Keyboard for the device. With the M3 chip, the new iPad Air should offer up to 20% ...