There's also a smart new front camera that actually follows you if you move while on a video call, and always makes sure you're in the centre of the frame automatically – it's a really nice touch.Īnd despite being cheaper than the other iPad models, there's full support for everything iPadOS can do, and the full range of excellent apps available – so it can be an extremely powerful computer, as well as a way to watch YouTube. It also works the first-gen Apple Pencil, which means drawing or note-taking is highly accurate and responsive on it – though the charging process is awkward, and the iPad doesn't include a way to store the Pencil. The screen is still bright and sharp, and is now enhanced with Apple's True Tone tech, which adjust the colour balance to match the ambient lighting in your room, so that it's much easier on the eyes (and avoids the nasty blue tint that so many screens have). The storage options have been increased to 64GB or 256GB, which should be good sizes for most people, while the processor has been boosted to the slightly faster Apple A13 chip, which should make it more future-proof for receiving iPadOS updates well into the future. The 9th generation iPad is the cheapest full-size Apple tablet, and it’s an evolution of its predecessor in some really useful ways.
