Apple announces new iPad mini, available to order now and in stores on Oct. 23

Apple announced a new iPad mini connected Tuesday, offering the archetypal update to its smallest tablet since 2021.

The caller iPad mini comes with a faster A17 Pro processor, the aforesaid spot that was successful past year's iPhone 15 Pro. That means it supports Apple Intelligence, the company's caller suite of artificial quality features that volition dilatory statesman rolling retired to users this month.

During the company's fiscal 3rd quarter, Apple showed the strongest maturation successful its iPad segment, which grew astir 24% year-over-year aft it introduced respective caller iPads for the archetypal clip since 2022.

Apple's smallest iPad has attracted a fanbase of users who admit its much portable 8.3-inch surface for speechmaking books oregon taking notes. The iPad Mini supports the latest Apple Pencil Pro, which was introduced alongside the iPads Pro earlier this year.

It starts astatine $499, tin beryllium preordered present and launches successful stores connected Oct. 23.Subscribe to CNBC connected YouTube.