Time to add more fuel to the “new iPads” fire.
As spotted by 91Mobiles, the Bureau of Indian Standards (or BIS) let slip that two new iPads are coming soon by putting their model numbers on the BIS website. Basically, that means the new iPads have passed India’s regulatory standards and can legally be sold there.
That’s not surprising, as there have been rumors about new iPads launching in the first half of 2024 for months. What is sort of unexpected, however, is that MacRumors spotted some text strings in iPadOS 17.5 beta 1 suggesting that the iPhone’s “battery health” menu is coming to iPads.
On iPhone, this is something you can access via the Settings app and it tells you how healthy your device’s battery is, expressed as a percentage of its total original capacity. As this percentage decreases, the more urgent it becomes to either replace the battery or acquire a new device.
Whether that feature comes to older iPads or not, it’s reasonable to expect you’ll be able to access it on the rumored new models. As far as anyone knows, there will be two iPad Pro models with new OLED displays, and two iPad Air models, with one of them coming in at 12.9-inches.
So, if you were thinking about getting a tablet soon, maybe wait a few weeks.