Apple just put an OLED screen in the iPad mini , and the iPad Air looks like the next tablet in line. A report from DigiTimes says Apple plans to swap the LCD panels on both the 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air for OLED. Reports point to the first half of 2027.

The iPad Air has never had an OLED screen. OLED can switch individual pixels off completely, which gives deeper blacks and better contrast than LCD. Until now, that has been a perk of the iPad Pro. This fall the iPad mini joined it after more than a year of OLED rumors . It went on sale on November 6.

What the OLED iPad Air is expected to get

Don’t expect the iPad Pro’s screen. The Air panels are reportedly single-stack OLED, which is a simpler design than the two-layer panel in the Pro. They also reportedly won’t support ProMotion, the feature that lets a screen adjust its refresh rate for smoother scrolling.

Samsung Display should be the main supplier. BOE is still working to meet Apple’s requirements.…