Apple has unveiled the all-new iPad mini, which the company hails as the tiny tablet’s “biggest update ever.

The redesigned iPad mini brings a wide range of updates and improvements over its predecessor, the A17 Pro-powered model released in late 2024. Beyond moving to the latest A20 Pro chipset that powers Apple’s flagship iPhone 18 Pro models and the brand-new folding Duo, the new iPad mini gets dust- and water-resistance, a thinner, lighter design, and a larger 8.5-inch OLED display, now available with a nano-texture option. That’s a lot of significant changes.

The new iPad mini has a brand-new 8.5-inch OLED display. It is twice as bright as before, topping out at 1,200 nits of peak brightness.

First, the bigger, brighter OLED panel. The most recent iPad mini model sports an 8.3-inch 2266 x 1488 Liquid Retina LCD. The new 8.5-inch Super Retina XDR display not only moves to OLED, which means inky blacks, but it is twice as bright as before.…