Wired reviews Apple’s M2 iPad Air: ‘Bigger screen steals the spotlight’

The new M2-powered iPad Air is available in space gray and starlight, in addition to new purple and blue finishes.
Offered in two sizes for the first time, the new iPad Air with the M2 chip is more powerful and versatile than ever with phenomenal performance, a landscape front camera, and faster Wi-Fi.
Brenda Stolyar for Wired:
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I used think the iPad wasn’t for me… That outlook changed when the TV in my room broke… I reluctantly pulled out the 5th-gen iPad Air I had in a drawer thinking it’d be a temporary solution. But over the past year, I’ve grown attached to it. It’s larger than my iPhone and more convenient to carry around than my MacBook.
So when Apple announced new iPads and noted that the iPad Air now comes with a larger, 13-inch display option (alongside the standard 11-inch model), I was ecstatic. A bigger screen means more expansive movies and a bigger workspace. It’s otherwise an incremental update—the only other noteworthy change is the M2 chip for faster performance—but the new screen size on Apple’s midrange tablet means you no longer have to pick between a small display within budget or shell out for an expensive iPad Pro.
The 13-inch size is more convenient as a secondary display alongside my MacBook. Between browser windows, tabs, and apps, I didn’t feel like I was cramming stuff onto the screen. The same applies to entertainment—if I’m bingeing a show, I carry the iPad all over the house to keep watching. I never got tired of staring at this screen.

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MacDailyNews Take: Plus, you can do much more than just watch TV on it! Here’s hoping Apple takes iPadOS to the next level, making it even more productive, later this year!
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