Here's When to Expect an iPad 12 With Apple Intelligence
An iPad 12 with Apple Intelligence support is unlikely to be released before June 27, 2026, based on comments from Apple's CFO Kevan Parekh during an earnings call. The absence of a planned update in the current quarter suggests a launch later in 2026 is still possible. The new model is expected to feature either an A18 or A19 chip, enabling Apple Intelligence, which is currently unavailable on the base iPad model with the A16 chip.
- ▪Apple's CFO Kevan Parekh indicated the company faces a difficult year-over-year comparison for iPad revenue due to the March 2025 launch of the A16-powered iPad 11.
- ▪Parekh's comment suggests no entry-level iPad 12 update is planned for Apple's current fiscal quarter ending June 27, 2026.
- ▪A potential iPad 12 launch later in 2026 remains possible, with reports suggesting it may feature either an A18 or A19 chip.
- ▪Both the A18 and A19 chips are compatible with Apple Intelligence, a feature missing from the current base model iPad with the A16 chip.
- ▪The iPad 12 is not expected to have major design changes and will likely retain the same form factor as the current model.
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Here's When to Expect an iPad 12 With Apple IntelligenceFriday May 1, 2026 8:21 am PDT by Joe RossignolA new entry-level iPad 12 with Apple Intelligence support likely remains months away, based on a comment shared by an Apple executive this week. On an earnings call on Thursday, Apple's CFO Kevan Parekh said that the company's iPad revenue in the March-June quarter will face a "difficult compare" due to the the launch of the entry-level iPad 11 with the A16 chip in March 2025. Parekh is essentially saying that Apple's year-over-year iPad revenue growth might be impacted in the current quarter, likely due to the company having no plans to update the entry-level iPad this quarter like it did in the year-ago quarter.
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