Is The M2 iPad Pro Getting MagSafe?

Vemuda Techno - Apple is supposedly releasing new iPads this month, and one of which is an iPad Pro that is equipped with an M2 processor, while the other is an update to the 10th generation.

iPad that's supposed to get the modern design styling that we all love about the iPad line. But the current spate of rumors  indicates that Apple will launch these new devices through a series of press releases rather than a grand occasion media event like we've seen in recent years.

Source: apple.com

Well, I don't think that's the entire story, and if my predictions are correct, I believe that Apple will not only have a media event this month, but we're going to find out why the new iPad might have MagSafe.

Let's get started. Welcome back to the blog. We are talking about iPad rumors and what I expect to see from Apple's event.

Now outside of WWDC and the controversy surrounding Stage Manager, Apple has not demonstrated the full breadth of iPadOS 16 features to the public.

Now I believe that Apple has a card or two up its sleeve, so to speak when it comes to how these features will be demonstrated.

And if you know anything about Apple, they love to put on a show, and they love storytelling.

Starting in iPadOS 15 with the introduction of SharePlay, Apple has new features coming  in iPadOS 16 that leverage FaceTime as an enablement technology.

Now, that's to say that these new features ride on top of FaceTime and use critical aspects of the service to enable new experiences.

And one of those features that we know nothing about other than what Apple demonstrated onstage at WWDC is Freeform.

Do you remember Freeform? With its focus on collaboration, Freeform allows multiple users to work on a virtual whiteboard.

Now people say, why do I even need this This is very useful for brainstorming ideas, collecting assets, media, and project planning.

Or you simply want to flesh out your ideas in real-time. But somewhat conveniently,  there's very little known about Freeform, how it  works because it is cross-platform as it's  available on your Mac, your iPad, and your iPhone.

And somewhat strangely, this app has not been available in the developer or in the Public betas since WWDC launched.

Now in my mind, this is just a little sketchy because Apple's reasoning behind their  reluctance to quote-unquote test in public signals one or maybe even two different things.

Maybe Apple is already working with key developers to help differentiate the Freeform  experience at launch.

Or maybe believes Freeform is a service  and experience that can be differentiated when  demonstrating using specific hardware.

Now what this means is that we would probably see Apple, you know, on stage doing a  demonstration of Freeform.

Maybe using a MacBook Pro, maybe using a Mac Studio, or Studio Display, and then  doing a follow-up demonstration with Freeform and the new hardware that they're announcing because that's something that Apple would typically do.

Talk about how only Apple can only bring the combination of hardware and software to  apps like Freeform.

Now, I don't know about you, but let me know if you are excited about Freeform. I think it's kind of cool from a planning perspective and I'd like to see how it works and what it is because no one has seen it except for the  demonstration at WWDC. And that's not the only aspect of iPadOS 16 that we're in the dark about.

There's a new multiplayer aspect of Game Center which rides on top of SharePlay and  FaceTime where you can share games and play games for  real-time collaboration.

There's iCloud Shared Photo Library, there's Stage Manager, External Display Support, there's a whole bunch of apps that we know really nothing about, and it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to me if Apple were to release iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura without having an event because they're not able to control the messaging and  really set expectations how a lot of those features work including Stage Manager and External Display Support which are two things that people are super hot and bothered  over it.

Let's talk about  the next feature. Now, if you were to pick the standout feature that came to the iPhone and iOS 16 this year, most of you undoubtedly would choose the new customizable Lockscreen experience as just that. This feature is well thought out.

It's intuitive. It's available on a number of  different devices whether or not it's the newest device at all. It doesn't require buying a new device, and it really differentiates the experience.

All you simply need to do is update your iPhone to iOS 16, and the feature is ready for you to configure.

So on the flip side, what would you pick as a standout feature on the iPad and iPadOS 16?

Now, if you guessed Stage Manager or External Display Support, I thought the same exact thing, but that is  not the case.

Hiding in plain sight, Apple has dedicated product pages for iOS 16 and iPadOS 16. But these are product pages where Apple not only summarizes all the most important features  coming to these devices this year but they also list out all the changes and the changes are not in alphabetical order.

Somewhat confusingly, Apple believes that the number one feature coming to the iPad  and iPadOS 16 is iCloud Shared Photo Library.

What are you talking about? iCloud Shared Photo Library?!? If you're confused about why Apple believes it's iCloud Shared Photo Library as the  number one feature, here's my hypothesis.

For many iPad owners out there, your tablet is simply not an integral part of your day-to-day workflow.

And there's more of a casual relationship that you have with the device where you pick it up when you need it.

And when you don't need it, maybe it's in a drawer, maybe it's dead, maybe it's charging, it's just tethered to the charger. Your kid has it. You have no idea where it is.

But this is an important statistic. Because according to Google, this statistic closely aligns with what they see is about 80% of tablets don't even leave the house.

Now, if you're Apple, this is a real problem because Apple makes money when they sell  you new hardware.

And as upgrade cycles elongate even further, Apple effectively has less opportunity to sell  you a new iPad because, buy and far, how you use your iPad has not changed.

Well, I think Apple is on the cusp of building new functionality into the iPad that centers around the connected home, and the iPad is at the very center of it.

So what that means is that Apple would have a strategy, which is similar to what we saw  with the AirPods, where instead of giving you a reason to  upgrade your iPad every year or every two years, they give you a reason to buy a brand new accessory.

So you can use your iPad and make the use of it that much more attractive and the stickiness of staying within the ecosystem that much stronger. We saw that when Apple introduced the first Apple Pencil and the  Smart Folio Keyboard.

Then Apple moved to extract more money from us by introducing us to the Magic Keyboard.

And now I think Apple is preparing to launch a smart speaker, which makes your iPad a HomePod hub through MagSafe.

Now, the name HomePod Hub is something that I thought of In no way, shape or form do I have any proof that this even exists, other than the fact that there are several rumors kind of coalescing together and there are some.features in iPadOS 16 that would make something like this.just all the more special and that much more cohesive.

Now bring it back around, Apple believes that iCloud Shared Photo Library is the  number one feature coming to iPadOS 16 because it is the foundation of that strategy where the iPad is at the center of the connected home.

If you think about the Google Home hub, Alexa, when anything that has a display, there is a big emphasis on pulling in your photos.

And how the photo memories work. That in addition to doing the conversions onscreen in iPad OS 16, the ability to hand off  FaceTime between devices, as well as being able to display the weather on the iPad.

There's also a lot of work that Apple did on the HomePod side when you have a family or  multiple individuals in a home to recognize a device, to play content from that individual's Apple Music library, as well as to authenticate the user and show things that are applicable  to that user specifically that's interacting with the HomePod, which is why I I think that features coming  in iPadOS 16.

I think the second act could be somewhere where the iPad transforms into a command  center of sorts, where there's a dashboard and it's connected to all the different accessories that are in your house.

Including this first party MagSafe Speaker pulling together both you and your family's photos and  memories onto a display, functioning as a single pane of glass, so to speak, giving you visibility into all the different things that are going on in your connected home.

All while allowing for personalization, customization, and individual use within the HomePod.

Now, in hindsight, it kind of makes sense why it took Apple so long to bring whether to the iPad.

All right, guys, thank you very much for reading my post on why I think the iPad is going to get MagSafe.

Does this type of product ring true for you? Is this something that you're interested in?

Guys, let me know any questions you have in the comments below. I'll talk to you in the next one at Vemuda. 

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