Apple’s new tablet is exactly what you think it is. Which is fine.

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.

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.