It’s still the case that only the 12.9-inch iPad Pro has the superior mini-LED display (“XDR” in Apple parlance). Put the Pencil tip within about 1 cm of the display (12 mm, to be precise) and Pencil-supporting apps can detect it and use it to present hover effects. ![]() The new 12.9-inch and 11-inch iPad Pros go from the M1 to M2 chips, and gain an intriguing new ability when used with a Pencil: hovering. The SE name stands for “older hardware design at the lowest price in the lineup”. It makes sense if you now think of the 9th-gen iPad as the iPad SE - just without the “SE” name. Thus the 9th-gen iPads remain, unchanged in price at $330 for 64 GB and $480 for 256 GB. The new 10th-gen iPads do not replace the home-button/square-corner-display 9th-gen iPads, because the new iPads cost $450 for 64 GB and $600 for 256 GB. (The adapter will henceforth be included in the box with new Pencil 1’s.) So Apple now sells a $9 USB-C to Lightning adapter - with female ports on both sides - just for using an Apple Pencil 1 with these new iPads. ![]() And, like all the other all-screen / no-home-button iPads, it moves from Lightning to USB-C - but, bizarrely (on first consideration at least), is compatible only with the Apple Pencil 1, which has a male Lightning plug that is required both for charging the Pencil and pairing it with an iPad. It looks a lot like the 5th-gen iPad Air that debuted in March this year, with one very significant difference: Apple moved the front-facing camera to the long (“landscape”) side, which positions the camera correctly when docked to a keyboard - which is exactly how most people who rely on the front-facing iPad cameras want to use them. It comes in some pretty fun colors - yellow, pink, and blue - along with plain old silver. It gets the A14 chip that debuted with the iPhone 12 lineup two years ago, and has Touch ID on its side button. The new 10th-generation (no adjective) iPad moves to the modern all-screen / no-home-button design style. (The remote is otherwise unchanged - including no support for Find My, alas, which is disappointing for the one Apple product I most frequently misplace.) And we finally have a dead canary in the “ Is the iPhone switching from Lightning to USB-C next year?” coal mine: the Apple TV Remote now charges via USB-C. The $130 model doesn’t have an Ethernet port and doesn’t support Thread wireless networking - the open protocol for smart home gadgets backed by Matter. Both now have the A15 chip that debuted in last year’s iPhone 13 lineup. Apple has finally dropped the long-outdated 1080p Apple TV and now sells just two models, at reasonable prices: a 64 GB model for $130, and a 128 GB one for $150. On the Apple TV front, the news is (almost) all good and the lineup actually makes more sense now. Let’s see if I’ve got every crooked detail straight from this week’s Apple product updates. Older Apple TVs only work with the Apple Remote.The iPad Lineup Is, Like, Growing Out Its Bangs or Something and Looks a Little Weird Right Now, but Apple TV Has Been Going to the Gym and Looks Great Friday, 21 October 2022 ![]() Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD work with the Siri Remote (first and second-generation), Apple TV Remote, and Apple Remote. If you’re replacing a broken or lost remote, identify your Apple TV remote and make sure that the replacement is compatible. Wait a while for the reboot process to complete, then attempt to pair your remote again. Unplug your Apple TV from power for 30 seconds, then plug it back in. After charging or replacing the battery, attempt to pair the remote again. Plug the remote in and allow it to charge, or check and replace the battery if you have an older remote. Other things, like microwaves, can also cause interference. If you have a lot of other wireless or Bluetooth devices in the area, try shutting them down or removing them. Your remote connects to your Apple TV via Bluetooth, so it’s susceptible to wireless interference. Try connecting with the remote about three inches from the TV, then try it in different positions if that doesn’t work. The remote needs to be a few inches away from the Apple TV to connect, but not too far away.
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