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iPad Air (M4, 2026)
A3540 / A3541 / A3542 / A3543 · iPad Air M-series
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Identifiers
| Order number | A3540 / A3541 / A3542 / A3543 |
Reference
| Original price | $599 |
| Announced | 2026-03-02 |
| Discontinued | Still shipping |
| Max supported OS | iPadOS 26 |
| Design era | iPad Air M-series |
Configurations
| Colors | Space Gray, Blue, Purple, Starlight |
| SoC / Chip | Apple M4 (8-core CPU) |
| Memory | 12 GB |
| Storage | 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB |
| GPU | Apple M4 (9-core GPU) |
| Display | 11″ 2360×1640 Liquid Retina (P3, True Tone), 13″ 2732×2048 Liquid Retina (P3, True Tone) |
| iPadOS version | iPadOS 26, iPadOS 26.0.1, iPadOS 26.1 |
Physical
| Ports & connectivity | USB-C (USB 3.1 Gen 2, 10 Gbps) · Smart Connector · Apple N1 (Wi-Fi 7 / Bluetooth 6 / Thread) · Apple C1X modem (cellular) · Touch ID (top button) · Apple Pencil Pro support · eSIM only |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 178.5 × 247.6 × 6.1 mm |
| Weight | 460 g |
Known quirks
- First iPad with Apple N1 wireless chip — Wi-Fi 7, BT 6, Thread in-house
- First iPad Air with C1X cellular — no more Qualcomm modem
- RAM bumped to 12 GB across all configs — Apple Intelligence headroom
- Still no ProMotion — Apple holds the line on the iPad Pro differentiator
- 13" $799, 11" $599 — pricing held steady