The battery life estimates for the M4 iPad Pro have not improved compared to previous Pros and the iPad Air 6 – and that’s an amazing upgrade.
Apple did not discuss the M4 iPad Pro’s battery life during the Let Loose event or address it in the press release. You have to go to the iPad Pro product page, where you find claims like, “M4 is built on second-generation 3-nanometer technology that’s even more power efficient and delivers all-day battery life,” which points to a footnote that explains how Apple tested battery life on the 2024 iPad Pros.
But Apple does offer more precise battery estimates in its iPad comparison tool. That’s where you’ll discover that the M4 iPad Pro battery life should be identical on the 11-inch and 13-inch models. Also, it matches the battery life of the iPad Air 6 and the previous iPad Pro models. That’s “up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi or watching video,” or “up to 9 hours of surfing the web using cellular data network.”
This might not seem like a big deal. After all, Apple hasn’t significantly upgraded the battery life of its devices in recent years. That’s what I thought initially, until I realized I was looking at this whole thing from the wrong perspective.
The M4 iPad Pros feature a massive chip upgrade.
