Apple has finally unwrapped its long-awaited iPad Air models at its May 7 "Let Loose" event. As previously speculated, the Cupertino tech giant launched the 2024 iPad Air with a Liquid Retina Display, an upgraded M2 chip, a new FaceTime landscape camera, faster Wi-Fi 6E, AI features and much more. The new iPad Air succeeds the M1 iPad Air that landed back in 2022. Let's take a look at the details.

For the first time ever, Apple launched the iPad Air in two screen sizes – a redesigned 11-inch model and a larger 13-inch iPad Air, inspired by the iPad Pro. As expected, the new Air is powered by the M2 chipset to deliver an improved performance over the previous models. Compared to the M1 iPad Air, the M2 iPad Air delivers up to 50% faster performance for creative and productive tasks.

With the M2 chipset on board, the 2024 iPad Air also supports Apple Pencil Hover for greater precision and also works with the Magic Keyboard. Apple also moved the selfie camera to the longer side of the tablet – landscape mode to provide a more comfortable video conferencing experience, matching the more expensive iPad Pro models. The 13-inch iPad Air is designed to offer a better sound quality with double bass.

Speaking of the color options, the 2024 iPad Air will come in Blue, Purple, Starlight and Space Grey. The 2024 iPad Air models have a new casing made from 100% recycled aluminum. Fortunately, with the new Air, Apple has ditched the 64GB model and doubled the base storage to 128GB. The best part is that it comes at the same starting price of $599 for the 11-inch model.