In fact, this year’s iPad Air and iPad mini releases feature an almost entirely parallel set of upgrades from their predecessors. In addition to the new chips and Apple Pencil Pro support, here are a few of the smaller things that have changed in the new iPad mini (and the M2 iPad Air).

The seventh-generation iPad mini looks likely to arrive in the coming days or weeks. Here’s everything we know.

Pad mini last received a refresh back in September 2021, marking the largest redesign since the introduction of the iPad mini back in 2012. The 6th generation model introduced the flat-sided design, switched to USB-C,