iPad Air 11-inch (M3) - Tech Specs

Finish

• Blue

• Purple

• Starlight

• Space Gray

Capacity¹

• 128GB

• 256GB

• 512GB

• 1TB

Size and Weight²

Wi-Fi models

• Width: 7.02 inches (178.5 mm)

• Height: 9.74 inches (247.6 mm)

• Depth: 0.24 inch (6.1 mm)

• Weight: 1.01 pounds (460 grams)

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

• Width: 7.02 inches (178.5 mm)

• Height: 9.74 inches (247.6 mm)

• Depth: 0.24 inch (6.1 mm)

• Weight: 1.01 pounds (460 grams)

Buttons and Connectors

1. Top button/Touch ID

2. Volume buttons

3. Front camera

4. Microphone

5. Rear camera

6. Microphone

7. Smart Connector

8. USB-C connector

9. Magnetic connector for Apple Pencil

In the Box

• iPad Air

• USB‑C Charge Cable (1 meter)

• 20W USB‑C Power Adapter

Display

Liquid Retina display

• LED backlit Multi‑Touch display with IPS technology

• 2360-by-1640-pixel resolution at 264 ppi

• Wide color (P3)

• True Tone

• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating

• Fully laminated

• Antireflective coating

• 500 nits brightness

• Supports Apple Pencil Pro, Apple Pencil (USB‑C)

• Apple Pencil hover

Chip

Apple M3 chip

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

• 9-core GPU

• Hardware-accelerated ray tracing

• 16-core Neural Engine

• 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

Apple Intelligence³

Built into your iPad, Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself, and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data — not even Apple.

Camera

• 12MP Wide camera, ƒ/1.8 aperture

• Digital zoom up to 5x

• Five-element lens

• Panorama (up to 63MP)

• Sapphire crystal lens cover

• Autofocus with Focus Pixels

• Smart HDR 4

• Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos

• Photo geotagging

• Auto image stabilization

• Burst mode

• Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG

Video Recording

• 4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps

• 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps

• 720p HD video recording at 30 fps

• Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps

• Time‑lapse video with stabilization

• Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps

• Cinematic video stabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p)

• Continuous autofocus video

• Playback zoom

• Video formats captured: HEVC and H.264

Front Camera

• Landscape 12MP Center Stage camera

• ƒ/2.0 aperture

• Smart HDR 4

• 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps

• Time‑lapse video with stabilization

• Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps

• Cinematic video stabilization (1080p and 720p)

• Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos

• Lens correction

• Retina Flash with True Tone

• Auto image stabilization

• Burst mode

Video Calling⁴

• 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

Audio Calling⁴

• FaceTime audio

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

Speakers

Landscape stereo speakers

Micro­phones

Dual microphones for calls, video recording, and audio recording

Cellular and Wireless

All models

• Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO⁵

• Simultaneous dual band

• Bluetooth 5.3

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

• 5G (sub‑6 GHz) with 4x4 MIMO

• Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO

• Model A3267 and A3269:

• 5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n26, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n70, n71, n75, n76, n77, n78, n79)⁵

• FDD-LTE (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)

• TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48)

• UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

• Data only⁶

• Wi-Fi calling⁵

• eSIM⁷

SIM Card

• eSIM⁷

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

Location

All models

• Digital compass

• Wi‑Fi

• iBeacon microlocation

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

• GPS/GNSS

• Cellular

Sensors

• Touch ID

• Three‐axis gyro

• Accelerometer

• Barometer

• Ambient light sensor

Touch ID

• Unlock iPad

• Secure personal data within apps

• Make purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and Apple Books

Apple Pay

• Pay with your iPad using Touch ID within apps and on the web

• Send and receive money in Messages

Siri⁸

• 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

Charging and Expansion

• USB-C port with support for:

• Charging

• DisplayPort

• USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s)

Display Support

Supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors

• Supports one external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz

Digital video output

• Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C

• VGA, HDMI, and DVI output supported using adapters (sold separately)

Video mirroring

• Up to 4K AirPlay for mirroring, photos, and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay‑enabled smart TV

• Video mirroring and video out support through USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter and USB-C VGA Multiport Adapter (adapters sold separately)

Power and Battery⁹

• Built‐in 28.93‐watt‐hour rechargeable lithium‑polymer battery

All models

• Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi‐Fi or watching video

• Charging via power adapter or USB‑C to computer system

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

• Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using cellular data network

Operating System

iPadOS

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

Accessi­bility

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

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

Built-in Apps

• App Store

• Books

• Calculator

• Calendar

• Camera

• Clock

• Contacts

• FaceTime

• Files

• Find My

• Freeform

• Health

• Home

• iTunes Store

• Magnifier

• Mail

• Maps

• Measure

• Messages

• Music

• News

• Notes

• Passwords

• Photo Booth

• Photos

• Podcasts

• Reminders

• Safari

• Settings

• Shortcuts

• Stocks

• Tips

• Translate

• TV

• Voice Memos

• Weather

Free Apps from Apple

• Pages

• Numbers

• Keynote

• iMovie

• GarageBand

• Apple Store

• Clips

• Swift Playgrounds

• Support

System Require­ments

• Apple Account (required for some features)

• Internet access¹⁰

Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:

• macOS Catalina 10.15 or later using the Finder

• macOS High Sierra 10.13 through macOS Mojave 10.14.6 using iTunes 12.9 or later

• Windows 10 or later using iTunes 12.12.10 or later (free download from apple.com/itunes/download)

Languages

Language support

Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia, India, UK, U.S.), Finnish, French (Canada, France), German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America, Spain, U.S.), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support

Ainu, Akan, Albanian, Amharic, Apache (Western), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bangla (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Belarusian, Bodo, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Phonetic, Stroke, Sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Chinese – Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin – QWERTY, Pinyin – 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke), Chinese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin – QWERTY, Pinyin – 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), Choctaw, Chuvash, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Dzongkha, Emoji, English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), Fula (Adlam), Georgian, German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hmong (Pahawh), Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Inari Sámi, Indonesian, Ingush, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Kabyle, Kannada (InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Kashmiri (Arabic, Devanagari), Kazakh, Khmer, Kildin Sámi, Konkani (Devanagari), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Kurdish (Arabic, Latin), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Liangshan Yi, Lithuanian, Lule Sámi, Lushootseed, Macedonian, Maithili, Malay (Arabic, Latin), Malayalam (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Maltese, Mandaic, Manipuri (Bengali, Meetei Mayek), Māori, Marathi (InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Mi’kmaw, Mongolian, Mvskoke, Navajo, Nepali, N’Ko, North Sámi, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Odia (Alphabetic, InScript), Osage, Pashto, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Pite Sámi, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi (Alphabetic, InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Rejang, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Sindhi (Arabic, Devanagari), Sinhala, Skolt Sámi, Slovak, Slovenian, South Sámi, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamazight (Standard Moroccan), Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99, Transliteration), Telugu (Alphabetic, InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Ume Sámi, Urdu (Alphabetic, QWERTY, Transliteration), Uyghur, Uzbek (Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin), Vietnamese (Telex, VIQR, VNI), Wancho, Welsh, Wolastoqey, Yiddish, Yoruba

QuickType keyboard support with autocorrection

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bangla (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese – Simplified (Pinyin – QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Pinyin – QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Standard, Zhuyin-Grid), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi (Alphabetic, InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Alphabetic, Anjal, Tamil 99, Transliteration), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu (Alphabetic, QWERTY, Transliteration), Vietnamese (Telex)

QuickType keyboard support with predictive typing

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bangla, Cantonese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with multilingual typing

Chinese (Simplified – Pinyin, Traditional – Pinyin), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew, Hindi (Latin), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Chinese (Simplified), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickPath keyboard support

Arabic, Chinese (Simplified – Pinyin – QWERTY, Traditional – Pinyin – QWERTY), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Vietnamese

Siri languages

Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), Finnish (Finland), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew (Israel), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese (Japan), Korean (Republic of Korea), Malay (Malaysia), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, U.S.), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Türkiye)

Dictation languages

Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, U.S.), Finnish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Malay, Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain, U.S.), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Monolingual dictionary support

Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), Danish, Dutch, English (UK, U.S.), French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Idiom dictionary support

Cantonese – English, Chinese (Simplified) – English, Chinese (Traditional) – English

Bilingual dictionary support

Arabic – English, Bangla – English, Cantonese (Traditional) – English, Chinese (Simplified) – English, Chinese (Simplified) – Japanese, Croatian – English, Czech – English, Danish – English, Dutch – English, Finnish – English, French – English, French – German, German – English, Greek – English, Gujarati – English, Hindi – English, Hungarian – English, Indonesian – English, Italian – English, Japanese – English, Kannada – English, Kazakh – English, Korean – English, Malay – English, Malayalam – English, Norwegian – English, Polish – English, Portuguese – English, Punjabi – English, Russian – English, Slovak – English, Spanish – English, Swedish – English, Tamil – English, Telugu – English, Thai – English, Turkish – English, Ukrainian – English, Urdu – English, Vietnamese – English

Thesaurus

Chinese (Simplified), English (UK, U.S.)

Spell check

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), Finnish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Hindi (Devanagari), Hungarian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Vietnamese

Apple Pay supported regions

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China mainland,¹¹ Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guernsey, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, U.S., Vatican City, Vietnam

Video Playback

• Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, AV1, and ProRes

• HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10+/HDR10, and HLG

Audio Playback

• Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos

• Spatial Audio playback

• User-configurable maximum volume limit

Mail Attachment Support

Viewable document types

• .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics; .usdz; .pkpass (Wallet)

Environ­mental Require­ments

• Operating ambient temperature: 

• 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)

• Nonoperating temperature: 

• −4° to 113° F (−20° to 45° C)

• Relative humidity: 

• 5% to 95% noncondensing

• Operating altitude: 

• tested up to 10,000 feet (3000 m)

iPad Air and the Environment

iPad Air is designed to reduce environmental impact:¹²

Progress toward Apple 2030

• More than 30% recycled content¹³

• Over 35% of manufacturing electricity sourced from renewable electricity¹⁴

• Over 35% emissions reduction against business-as-usual scenario as modeled by Apple¹⁵

Materials

• 100% recycled aluminum in the enclosure

• 100% recycled cobalt and over 95% recycled lithium in the battery

• 100% recycled copper in multiple printed circuit boards

• 100% recycled gold wire in all cameras

• 100% recycled gold in the plating of all Apple-designed printed circuit boards and all connectors

• 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets

• 100% recycled tin in the solder of multiple printed circuit boards

• 15% recycled glass in the cover glass

• At least 20% recycled plastic in 12 components

• 100% fiber-based packaging¹⁶

• 39% recycled content in fiber-based packaging

Energy

• Over 35% of manufacturing electricity for iPad Air is sourced from renewable electricity

• ENERGY STAR® certified¹⁷

Waste

• No established final assembly sites generate waste sent to landfill as part of Apple’s Zero Waste Program

Smarter chemistry¹⁸

• Arsenic-free glass

• Mercury-, BFR-, and PVC-free