Apple announces new iPad Pro with trackpad support and a wild new keyboard cover

Apple is announcing a new iPad Pro, available online for either $799 or $949, depending on which size. Apple’s headline feature is that it has a LiDAR scanner to go along with its camera for depth sensing and AR, but what most people are going to notice is that very new keyboard that you can get with it.

The keyboard unfold and elevates the iPad to a more comfortable viewing position, as you can see above. It also has a trackpad on it. Apple says “Rather than copying the experience from macOS®, trackpad support has been completely reimagined for iPad. As users move their finger across the trackpad, the pointer elegantly transforms to highlight user interface elements.”

Apple is calling it a “Magic Keyboard,” matching the branding it...

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