Highlights
- Apple’s affordable iPad is set to receive AI features in 2025.
- Entry-level iPad AI support aligns with Apple’s push for device-wide AI integration by 2026.
- The iPad’s 2025 upgrade may include a new A16 or A17 Pro chip.
- Apple Intelligence tools improve Siri, photos, and notifications across devices.
- The iPad Mini’s recent AI support through the A17 Pro marks a trend for Apple devices.
Apple is preparing a major update for its most affordable iPad in 2025, integrating Apple Intelligence to enhance user experience.
This affordable iPad model is expected to follow Apple’s ongoing push to bring AI support to all its devices, with entry-level options such as the iPhone SE and the iPad positioned to lead the charge.
According to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, Apple aims to extend AI support across its entire product range by 2026.
The delay in updates since the 2022 iPad refresh may be due to challenges in adapting Apple Intelligence capabilities to budget devices.
The new model will likely run on a newer chip, potentially the A16 or even the advanced A17 Pro, depending on Apple’s AI integration goals.
Currently, the affordable iPad model has an A14 Bionic chip from 2020, which limits its processing power compared to Apple’s recent high-performance devices.
The update aligns with Apple’s recent release of the iPad Mini, which now includes Apple Intelligence via the A17 Pro chip.
AI tools such as smarter Siri responses, enhanced photo editing, and summarized notifications are now available across premium Apple devices, but the 2025 iPad update aims to make these features accessible to a broader user base.
Apple Intelligence tools currently enhance writing, focus, and communication on various Apple products like the iPhone 15 Pro, iPad Air, and MacBook models with M1 or later. These AI capabilities could soon transform Apple’s most affordable iPad, with a release expected later in 2025.
