Apple launched new versions of its iPad Air, enhancing the mid-tier tablet with its M3 chip and artificial intelligence capabilities in a bid to spur upgrades among customers.
The revamped lineup starts at $599 for the 11-inch model, and the 13-inch variant at $799.
Apple has been equipping its devices with more powerful chips designed to handle AI tasks, such as summoning ChatGPT to answer user queries, as it seeks to attract customers and keep pace with rivals including Samsung and China's Huawei that are racing to embed AI into their products.
The company said that while it has updated the regular iPad with double the storage for the base variant and the A16 chip, the product will not support Apple Intelligence.
Separately, Apple has appealed against a British government order to create a "back door" in its most secure cloud storage systems, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
