The new iPad Air will have the M1 processor from the iPad Pro

We’re less than 24 hours away from Apple’s presentation event and that means the rumors are piling up. The last talks about new iPad Air which will be presented in this Keynote, and which will bring the M1 processorthe same as the iPad Pro.

One of the products that seems almost certain that tomorrow we will be able to see is the new generation of iPad Air. Until now, all rumors spoke of the A15 processor, the same as the latest iPhone models, as the heart of the new tablet, but a few moments ago 9to5Mac released the news that the new iPad Air will feature the M1 processor

the same as the almighty iPad Pro 2021 has, in addition to the MacBook Air and the new 24″ iMac, a computer processor for a device that Apple has referred to for years as the replacement for the laptop, no it’s not a bad move.

However, the reality is quite different since the 2021 iPad Pro that’s had the same processor for months keeps getting the exact same version of iPadOS

than the rest of the Apple iPads. That is to say, you can do exactly the same thing with an iPad Pro 2021 with an M1 processor and a price that starts at $879 as with an iPad 2021 with an A13 processor and which costs $379. To be fair, there are many differences between the two devices besides the processor that may justify the price difference, but performance-wise, that’s what the processor has, little.

What is Apple looking for with the movement to equip its iPad with the same processor as its computers? We will have to wait, but at the moment we are quite confused, and with the arrival of the M1 on the iPad Air the confusion increases even more. If you were still hoping for the iPad Pro to stand out from the rest of the iPad lineup with iPadOS 16, this iPad Air with M1 is a bucket of cold water.