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iPad Air (4th generation)
The Air goes all-screen, with Touch ID in the power button and five colors.
Overview
The iPad Air 4 borrowed the Pro's industrial design for a mid-range tablet. Narrow, even bezels and a flat aluminum frame replaced the old home-button layout, and the screen grew to 10.9 inches while the body shrank to the footprint of the earlier 10.5-inch model.
Without space for a home button, Apple embedded Touch ID into the top button, a first for any Apple device. The A14 Bionic was built on a 5-nanometer process and delivered a sizable performance uplift over the A12. USB-C replaced Lightning, and the Apple Pencil (2nd generation) clipped magnetically to the side for charging.
Five anodized colors made the Air the most colorful iPad in years: silver, space gray, rose gold, green and sky blue. It also supported Magic Keyboard and Smart Keyboard Folio, which gave it nearly the same accessory ecosystem as the Pro.
Why it mattered
Brought the all-screen Pro design to a mid-range price and introduced Touch ID in the top button.
At a glance
- Announced
- September 15, 2020
- Released
- October 23, 2020
- Discontinued
- March 8, 2022
- Launch price
- $599
- Chip
- Apple A14 Bionic
- Display
- 10.9"
- Storage
- 64GB, 256GB
- Status
- Discontinued
Highlights
- 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display, no home button
- A14 Bionic, Apple's first 5 nm tablet chip
- Touch ID in the top button
- Five colors and USB-C
Tech specs
Specifications as published at launch. Some values (like battery life) are manufacturer estimates.
Display
- Size
- 10.9-inch
- Type
- Liquid Retina IPS, laminated, True Tone, wide color (P3)
- Resolution
- 2360 x 1640 (264 ppi)
- Refresh rate
- 60 Hz
- Brightness
- 500 nits
Chip
- Chip
- Apple A14 Bionic, 6-core CPU, 4-core GPU
- Coprocessor
- 16-core Neural Engine
Memory
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage options
- 64GB, 256GB
Camera
- Rear camera
- 12 MP f/1.8, 4K video at 60 fps
- Front camera
- 7 MP
Battery
- Battery life
- Up to 10 hours of web, video or music
- Capacity
- About 28.6 Wh
Connectivity
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
- Cellular
- Optional Gigabit-class LTE model
- Connector
- USB-C
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0
Accessories
- Apple Pencil
- Apple Pencil (2nd generation)
- Keyboard
- Magic Keyboard, Smart Keyboard Folio
Design
- Dimensions
- 247.6 x 178.5 x 6.1 mm
- Weight
- 458 g (Wi-Fi), 460 g (cellular)
Security
- Authentication
- Touch ID in the top button
Software
- Launch OS
- iPadOS 14
- Latest supported OS
- iPadOS 27 (still supported)
How it compares
More in the iPad Air family
iPad Air
A radical slimming that made the full-size iPad feel new.
iPad Air 2
Barely 6 mm thick, with three CPU cores and 2 GB of RAM.
iPad Air (3rd generation)
The Air returns with a 10.5-inch screen and a Pro-inspired body.
iPad Air (5th generation)
M1 power and 5G in the colorful Air.
iPad Air 11-inch (M2)
An Air with M2 power, a landscape camera and Apple Pencil Pro.
iPad Air 13-inch (M2)
A bigger-screen Air arrives for the first time.
iPad Air 11-inch (M3)
M3 power and Apple Intelligence in the unchanged Air body.
iPad Air 13-inch (M3)
The large Air gets M3 speed and Apple Intelligence.
iPad Air 11-inch (M4)
M4, 12 GB of memory and Wi-Fi 7 for the same $599.
iPad Air 13-inch (M4)
The big Air steps up to M4 and 12 GB of memory.