And the layout is almost identical, right down to the inverted T arrow keys that Apple recently switched to from the less-popular butterfly keyboards’ layout. A very strong typing experienceĪs noted, Apple says this keyboard is modeled after the Magic Keyboard for the Mac, and it's meant to be similar to those found in recent, post-butterfly MacBooks. It's the actual typing experience that is the real strength of this tool. I also feel that this approach makes the iPad a bit too tall in some situations-for example, it could make it even harder to fit an already large 12.9-inch iPad Pro on a cramped airplane tray in coach (during the times when we can all again travel safely).Īll in all, I think the design is eye-catching but otherwise unremarkable. That’s space that can’t be used to, say, make the trackpad taller, which is something I’d have preferred. A significant portion of the bottom-half of the cover is just blank space obscured by the iPad hovering above it. There is one big downside to this approach, though. A curious designįurther Reading OK Computer: The iPad Pro 2020 reviewThis hover effect is certainly eye-catching, and it allows for some very fine adjustments to the iPad’s angle-though I do wish there was a wider range of angles to adjust it to. Generally, I file this aspect of the design under just “neat” but it doesn’t fundamentally make this a better keyboard case than any that takes a different approach. In other words, these are some personal impressions after working with the keyboard for a bit-not your normal testing-driven, heavy duty Ars Technica review. And we’re going to go into even more detail in an upcoming article entirely about working with trackpads and keyboards on the iPad. It combines a keyboard modeled after the keyboard peripheral of the same name for Macs-a generally beloved design-with the first trackpad made by Apple specifically for the iPad.Īfter spending some time with the Magic Keyboard, we’re ready to share our impressions. It’s just a peripheral, though, so this is going to be a very short review. We’re not going to get too much into the software side of things, as we’ve done that in our previous coverage of iPadOS as well as our most recent iPad Pro review. Further Reading iPadOS review: The iPad is dead, long live the iPadThe latest product of that particular effort is the introduction of the Magic Keyboard peripheral from the 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models.
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