By Joe Rossignol
In today's Power On newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman talked about some of the new products he thinks Apple will announce at the Let Loose event on May 7.
First, Gurman now believes that there is a “high probability” that future iPad Pro models will be equipped with Apple's next-generation M4 chip. not the M3 chip that debuted in the MacBook Pro and iMac six months ago. He said a key new feature of the M4 chip will be an updated Neural Engine that will improve performance on AI tasks, and he believes Apple will market the next iPad Pro as an AI-powered device.
By- Secondly, he said that he said that the new Apple Pencil, which is expected to be announced at the event, will have haptic feedback for the first time. While he didn't give any details about how it would work, it's possible the Apple Pencil will have a small Taptic Engine that will vibrate when switching between drawing tools and use the rumored “pinch” gesture that MacRumors previously spotted in beta code -iPadOS 17.5 version.
Thirdly, he confirmed that Apple will introduce the first 12.9-inch version of the iPad Air and an updated Magic Keyboard for iPad.
The Apple event will begin on May 7 at 7 a.m. PT (10 a.m. ET), and the video stream will be available on Apple.com and YouTube.
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