iPad with A18 chip on schedule for launch in early 2026

After updating its more powerful counterparts, Apple is still expected to update the base iPad with an A18 chip sometime in the first half of 2026.


Apple's release schedule has been busy for the earliest months of the year. However, after having already moved iPad Pro to M5 and doing a similar M4 update to the iPad Air in March, Apple can now turn its attention to the lower end of the range.

According to Mark Gurman in Sunday's "Power On" newsletter for Bloomberg, Apple is on track to refresh the entry-level iPad in the first half of 2026. Gurman doesn't say when exactly, but that it was originally to be released at around the same time as iOS 26.4.


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