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The iPad mini 8 is due to hit the market later this week, and many people are curious to see how Apple has updated its smallest tablet. But if you’ve been tracking the rest of Apple’s tablet lineup, you might be wondering when the other models will be refreshed. According to recent reporting, those updates could be coming in early 2027.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is planning three new iPads for the first half of 2027. The trio reportedly includes a refreshed entry-level model often referred to as the iPad 12, a new iPad Air with an OLED display, and an upgraded iPad Pro with a more powerful Apple silicon chip.
An updated iPad Air is probably not unexpected. Apple tends to refresh the Air in the first half of the year: the M4-powered iPad Air launched in March, and the M3 model arrived about a year before that. The next Air is widely believed to move to an M5 processor and adopt an OLED panel — a long-awaited display upgrade for that model.
If Apple is prepared to put OLED in the mini and the Air, that would likely leave the iPad 12 as the only current iPad that still uses an LCD screen. That entry-level tablet has lagged behind in some areas, and price increases over recent years have made it less of a bargain compared with cheaper Android tablets.
Gurman doesn’t offer many specifics about the iPad 12, but rumors have persistently suggested it could switch to an A19 or A18 chip and be equipped with 8GB of RAM. Those changes would make it capable of running Apple Intelligence and the Siri AI features Apple is rolling out, though the most demanding on-device capabilities — such as Siri’s more expressive voice options and advanced dictation — may remain limited to higher-end hardware.
Even with those spec bumps, the iPad 12 is expected to stay positioned as the basic model, so dramatic upgrades like OLED panels or a 256GB base configuration seem unlikely. That said, improvements most users would appreciate — a brighter, less reflective screen and better battery life — would go a long way. Owners often complain about the iPad 10’s glare, and longer runtimes would be welcome too.
The high-end iPad Pro is rumored to come with either an M6 chip or the next-generation M7, depending on whether the M7 is ready in time for a first-half release. Reports also mention the addition of vapor chamber cooling — a thermal solution Apple has used in recent iPhones — to help the Pro manage temperatures during demanding tasks like gaming and AI processing. The Pro line has occasionally suffered from thermal throttling, so improved heat dissipation would benefit sustained performance.
There’s no exact launch date yet, but late winter into early spring is a reasonable bet based on Apple’s past timing. Gurman adds that, unless delays occur, these early-2027 models are likely to be the only iPad hardware refreshes Apple plans for the year — which makes sense, since there aren’t other tablet models left to update.
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