Unsurprisingly, Apple's newest iPad Air with M3 chip (released on March 12) maintains this familiar formula, with starting price at $599 and $799 for the 11-inch and 13-inch, resp

The iPad Air M3 makes one of our favorite tablets even faster, though folks who own a recent Apple tablet won’t find much new here.

That, however, is fine. And the M3 makes the iPad Air the best iPad most people should consider. It’s powerful enough to do almost anything you might want to do on an iPad, and it’s a meaningful improvement over the base iPad, which also got a spec bump.