Apple updates Magic Keyboard for iPad

Apple updates Magic Keyboard for iPad

Apple updates Magic Keyboard for iPad

Apple updates Magic Keyboard for iPad

Apple updates Magic Keyboard for iPad
Screenshot: Apple

Alongside the long-expected OLED iPad Pro and M2 iPad Air, Apple has also released a lightly updated Magic Keyboard with an aluminum top deck and larger trackpad — and finally, a function row.

The new Magic Keyboard comes in two sizes — one for the 11-inch Pro and one for the 13-inch model and in two colors: black and white.

This is the first major revision of the iPad Pro’s Magic Keyboard since its launch in 2020.. Unlike the original, it finally has a function row — a feature Apple granted the base-model iPad back in 2022 with the Magic Keyboard Folio.

An iPad Pro with 2020 Magic Keyboard. The keyboard is black and quite flat. It has a trackpad below it. Above, a hinge connects to a stand that hinges at the iPad's back and holds it suspended above the keyboard. It looks precarious.
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
The original Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro kept the iPad floating on an adjustable hinge.

Since launch, the Magic Keyboard has helped make the iPad more like a laptop, and a nicer finish and bigger trackpad doesn’t hurt. But to whatever extent the iPad still isn’t a laptop, that’s not really down to the keyboard, is it?

Developing…