The 2021 iPad Mini is still one of the most powerful compact tablets with iPadOS 18 compatibility, which includes new features like Home Screen customization and Math Notes. The baseline 2024 iPad Mini ships with 128GB of storage, while the previous version only had 64GB of storage.

In fact, this year’s iPad Air and iPad mini releases feature an almost entirely parallel set of upgrades from their predecessors. In addition to the new chips and Apple Pencil Pro support, here are a few of the smaller things that have changed in the new iPad mini (and the M2 iPad Air).

Apple quietly released an updated version of the pilot-favorite iPad Mini this week. If you’re like us, you ran down the spec sheet looking for a killer feature that might lead you to upgrade but likely came up empty. It has been over three years since Apple last updated the iPad Mini, leading many to expect more significant changes.

You can hardly blink without Apple announcing a new iPad, which sometimes sports the most advanced silicon in the world—no big deal. Apple's Pro tablets might get most of the attention, but more slates are in the lineup,

Just like iPhone 16 models, the new iPad mini is likely to launch without Apple Intelligence, but the features should be available on the