Tim Hardwick
Apple’s most affordable iPad model will get an update with Apple Intelligence capabilities in late 2025, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman has suggested.
In his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman said the iPhone SE is expected to get Apple Intelligence features in March 2025, with the entry-level iPad following “later this year.” Gurman went on to suggest that nearly all Apple devices with a screen will support Apple Intelligence by 2026.
The timeline indicates a significant gap since the last entry-level iPad update, which occurred in October 2022. The delay in the update may be due to the technical requirements of implementing AI capabilities in a budget device that costs $349.
The current 10th iPad has an A14 chip, which was first used in the iPhone 12 line, and it is getting old. The logical choice for the next iPad is the A16, which was used in the iPhone 15 models, but if Apple wants to make Apple Intelligence as accessible as possible, it will likely need an A17 Pro or A18 chip.
Notably, Apple announced the latest iPad mini with Apple Intelligence support in a separate press release last week. The company also slashed the price of the existing iPad 10 and stopped including a charger in the box in Europe. It's highly unlikely that Apple would change its iPad lineup in this way if the iPad 11 was imminent.
It's unclear whether Apple still plans to hold a Mac event in October, but it appears the iPad 11 won't be announced this month anyway.
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