iPad Air - Technical Specifications (2024)

11 and 13-inch iPadAir

iPadAir 11‑inch

• 128GB
• 256GB
• 512GB
• 1TB

iPadAir 13‑inch

• 128GB
• 256GB
• 512GB
• 1TB

iPadAir 11‑inch

iPadAir 13‑inch

• iPadAir
• USB‑C Charge Cable (1metre)
• 20W USB‑C PowerAdapter

• 12MP Wide camera, ƒ/1.8 aperture
• Digital zoom up to 5x
• Five-element lens
• Autofocus with FocusPixels
• Panorama (up to 63MP)
• SmartHDR4
• Wide colour capture for photos and LivePhotos
• Photo geotagging
• Auto image stabilisation
• Burst mode
• Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG

• 4K video recording at 24fps, 25fps, 30fps or 60fps
• 1080p HD video recording at 25fps, 30fps or 60fps
• 720p HD video recording at 30fps
• Slow‑motion video support for 1080p at 120fps or 240fps
• Time‑lapse video withstabilisation
• Extended dynamic range for video up to 30fps
• Cinematic video stabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)
• Continuous autofocus video
• Playback zoom
• Video formats captured: HEVC andH.264

• Landscape 12MP Ultra Wide front camera
• ƒ/2aperture
• SmartHDR4
• 1080p HD video recording at 25fps, 30fps or 60fps
• Time‑lapse video withstabilisation
• Extended dynamic range for video up to 30fps
• Cinematic video stabilisation (1080p and 720p)
• Lens correction
• Retina Flash with TrueTone
• Auto image stabilisation
• Burst mode

• FaceTime video
• CentreStage
• iPad to any FaceTime‑enabled device over Wi-Fi or mobile data
• Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay
• Screen sharing
• Portraitmode in FaceTime video
• SpatialAudio
• VoiceIsolation and WideSpectrum microphone modes

• FaceTimeaudio
• iPad to any FaceTime‑enabled device over Wi-Fi or mobile data

All models

• Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO⁴
• Simultaneous dual band
• Bluetooth® 5.3

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

• 5G (sub-6 GHz) with 4x4 MIMO
• Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO
• Model A2899 and A2903:
• 5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n26, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n70, n71, n75, n76, n77, n78, n79)⁴
• FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71)
• TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48)
• UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• Data only⁵
• Wi-Fi calling⁴
• eSIM⁶

Learn more about mobile data

• eSIM⁶
• iPadAir uses eSIM technology and is not compatible with physical SIMcards.

Learn more about eSIM

Learn more about traveling with eSIM

All models

• Digital compass
• Wi‑Fi
• iBeacon microlocation

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

• GPS/GNSS
• Mobile connectivity

• TouchID
• Three‐axis gyro
• Accelerometer
• Barometer
• Ambient light sensor

• Unlock iPad
• Secure personal data withinapps
• Make purchases from the iTunesStore, the AppStore and AppleBooks

• Pay with your iPad using TouchID within apps and onwebsites

Learn more about ApplePay

• Use your voice to send messages, set reminders andmore
• Get proactive suggestions
• Use hands-free
• Listen to and identify songs

Learn more about Siri

• USB-C port with support for:
• Charging
• DisplayPort
• USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s)

Supports full native resolution on the built-in display in millions of colours

• Supports one external display with up to 6K resolution at60Hz

Digital video output

• Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C
• VGA, HDMI and DVI output supported using adapters (soldseparately)

Video mirroring

• Up to 4K AirPlay for mirroring, photos and video out to AppleTV (2ndgeneration or later) or AirPlay‑enabled smart TV
• Video mirroring and video out support through USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter and USB-C VGA Multiport Adapter (adapters sold separately)

iPadAir 11‑inch

• Built‐in 28.93‐watt‐hour rechargeable lithium‑polymer battery

iPadAir 13‑inch

• Built‐in 36.59‐watt‐hour rechargeable lithium‑polymer battery

All models

• Up to 10hours of surfing the web on Wi‐Fi or watching video
• Charging via power adapter or USB‑C to computer system

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

Up to 9hours of surfing the web using a mobile datanetwork

Built-in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of your iPad. Learnmore

Featuresinclude:

• VoiceOver
• Zoom
• Magnifier
• SpokenContent
• VoiceControl
• SwitchControl
• AssistiveTouch
• Siri and Dictation
• Type to Siri
• Real-Time Text
• Audio Descriptions
• Subtitles and Closed Captioning
• Live Captions

Free Apps fromApple

Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand, Clips and the AppleStore app arepreinstalled on iPad.

System

Require­ments

• AppleID (required for some features)
• Internet access⁹

Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:

• macOSCatalina10.15 or later, using theFinder
• macOSHighSierra 10.13 through to macOSMojave10.14.6 using iTunes12.9 or later
• Windows10 or later using iTunes12.12.10 or later (free download from apple.com/au/itunes/download)

Languagesupport

Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional — Hong Kong), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia, India, UK, US), Finnish, French (Canada, France), German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish (Latin America, Spain, US), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboardsupport

Ainu, Akan, Albanian, Amharic, Apache (Western), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bangla (Standard, Transliteration), Belarusian, Bodo, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese — Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Phonetic, Stroke, Sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Chinese — Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin — QWERTY, Pinyin — 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke), Chinese — Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin — QWERTY, Pinyin — 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), Choctaw, Chuvash, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Dzongkha, Emoji, English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), Fula (Adlam), Georgian, German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati (Standard, Transliteration), Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hmong (Pahawh), Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Ingush, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Handwriting, Kana, Romaji), Kabyle, Kannada (Standard, Transliteration), Kashmiri (Arabic, Devanagari), Kazakh, Khmer, Konkani (Devanagari), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Kurdish (Arabic, Latin), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Liangshan Yi, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maithili, Malay (Arabic, Latin), Malayalam (Standard, Transliteration), Maltese, Mandaic, Manipuri (Bengali, Meetei Mayek), Māori, Marathi (Devanagari, Transliteration), Mi’kmaw, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, N’Ko, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Odia, Osage, Pashto, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi (Gurmukhi — QWERTY, Gurmukhi — Standard, Transliteration), Rejang, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Sindhi (Arabic, Devanagari), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamazight (Standard Moroccan), Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99, Transliteration), Telugu (Standard, Transliteration), Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu (Standard, Transliteration), Uyghur, Uzbek (Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin), Vietnamese (Telex, VIQR, VNI), Wancho, Welsh, Wolastoqey, Yiddish, Yoruba

QuickType keyboard support with autocorrection

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bangla, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese — Simplified (Pinyin — QWERTY), Chinese — Traditional (Pinyin — QWERTY), Chinese — Traditional (Zhuyin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana), Japanese (Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Anjal), Tamil (Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese (Telex)

QuickType keyboard support with predictivetyping

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Cantonese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with multilingual typing

Chinese (Simplified — Pinyin, Traditional — Pinyin), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew, Hindi (Latin), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Chinese (Simplified), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickPath keyboard support

Arabic, Chinese (Simplified — Pinyin — QWERTY, Traditional — Pinyin — QWERTY), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Vietnamese

Siri languages

Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Cantonese (China (mainland), Hong Kong), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Finnish (Finland), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew (Israel), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese (Japan), Korean (Republic of Korea), Malay (Malaysia), Mandarin Chinese (China (mainland), Taiwan), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, US), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Türkiye)

Dictationlanguages

Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Cantonese (China (mainland), Hong Kong), Mandarin Chinese (China (mainland), Taiwan), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), Finnish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China (mainland)), Slovak, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain, US), Swedish, Turkish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Monolingual dictionary support

Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional — Hong Kong), Danish, Dutch, English (UK, US), French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Idiom dictionary support

Cantonese – English, Chinese (Simplified) – English, Chinese (Traditional) – English

Bilingual dictionarysupport

Arabic – English, Bangla – English, Chinese (Simplified) – English, Chinese (Traditional) – English, Chinese (Simplified) – Japanese, Czech – English, Dutch – English, Finnish – English, French – English, French – German, German – English, Greek – English, Gujarati – English, Hindi – English, Hungarian – English, Indonesian – English, Italian – English, Japanese – English, Korean – English, Malay – English, Polish – English, Portuguese – English, Russian – English, Spanish – English, Swedish – English, Tamil – English, Telugu – English, Thai – English, Urdu – English, Vietnamese – English

Thesaurus

Chinese (Simplified), English (UK, US)

Spellcheck

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Finnish, Hindi (Devanagari), Hungarian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Vietnamese

ApplePay supported regions

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China (mainland)¹⁰, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guernsey, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, US, VaticanCity, Vietnam

• Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, and ProRes
• Supports DolbyVision and HDR10 content

• Supported formats include AAC, MP3, AppleLossless, FLAC, DolbyDigital, DolbyDigitalPlus and DolbyAtmos
• SpatialAudio playback
• User-configurable maximum volume limit

Viewable documenttypes

.jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics; .usdz; .pkpass (Wallet)

• Operating ambient temperature: 0° to 35°C (32° to 95°F)
• Nonoperating temperature: −20° to 45°C (−4° to 113°F)
• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
• Operating altitude: Tested up to 3,000metres (10,000feet)

Progress towards Apple 2030

• More than 20 percent recycled or renewable content¹²
• Over 30 percent of manufacturing electricity sourced from clean electricity¹³
• 40per cent emissions reduction against baseline¹⁴

See Apple’s commitment

Materials

• 100per cent recycled aluminium in the enclosure
• 100per cent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, representing 99per cent of the rare earth elements in the device
• 100per cent recycled tin in the solder of the multiple printed circuit boards
• 100per cent recycled gold in the plating of multiple printed circuit boards
• 100 percent recycled copper foil in multiple printed circuit boards
• 35per cent or more recycled plastic in multiple components

Energy

• Over 30 percent of manufacturing electricity sourced from clean electricity¹³
• ENERGYSTAR®–certified¹⁵

Packaging

• 100 percent fibre-based packaging¹⁶
• 40 percent recycled content in fibre packaging

Waste

No established final assembly sites generate waste sent to landfill as part of Apple’s Zero Waste Program

Smarter chemistry¹⁷

• Arsenic-free display glass
• Mercury-, BFR- and PVC-free