The first Apple Silicon iPad Air, bringing the M1 chip down from the Pro line — since the SSD and RAM are soldered to the logic board on every M-series iPad, a storage or memory issue means a logic board repair rather than a simple component swap.
| Display | 10.9" Liquid Retina IPS LCD, 2360x1640 |
| Chip | Apple M1 (8-core CPU/GPU) |
| Storage | 64GB-256GB (soldered) |
| Battery | ~28.6 Wh (built-in) |
| Connector | USB-C |
| Apple Pencil | 2nd generation (MagSafe) supported |