Iterative upgrades for iPads may not be compelling enough to warrant a new purchase every year, but Apple could offer a particularly compelling upgrade to convince users to shell out for the next iPad Pro. According to BloombergAccording to Mark Gurman, Apple plans to include a vapor chamber for the next iPad Pro which is expected to ship with the M6 chip.
We’ve already seen the vapor chamber included in the iPhone 17 Pro models, helping to improve cooling and performance. While an iPad’s larger surface area allows for greater heat dissipation than an iPhone, this cooling system should make the tablet perform better when it comes to demanding tasks, like gaming, video editing, or AI applications. Gurman also predicts that Apple could market vapor chamber cooling as another way to differentiate iPad models.
Apple previously improved the cooling performance of iPad Pros with the M4 generation, which included a new copper heatsink. With the vapor chamber, Apple is borrowing a concept already present in other smartphones from Samsung and Google. Samsung has even included this style of liquid cooling in its Galaxy Tab S9, releasing in 2023. As for the potential first iPad Pro with a vapor chamber, Gurman said he expects Apple to follow its typical 18-month release schedule, meaning the M6 iPad Pro with improved thermal performance could come out sometime in 2027.
