Just a heads up, if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale. It’s one of the ways we keep the lights on here. Click here for more.After Apple slowly started to roll out Apple Intelligence features, the vanilla iPad remained one of the few products that still didn’t support the company’s latest AI features. Even the company’s cheapest iPad, the iPad Mini, supports them only after last year’s refresh. However, that’s going to change soon as, according to Mark Gurman’s latest edition of the Power On newsletter, the next entry-level iPad, the iPad 11, will pack the A17 Pro chip and 8GB RAM. This will put its chip and unified memory on par with the latest iPad Mini, to bring Apple Intelligence features. Next-gen iPad 11 coming this Spring Apple announced the iPad 10 in October 2022. It sports an A14 Bionic chip and 4GB RAM, and its price was $449 at the time. Image: KnowTechie However, in May 2024, the company lowered the price to $349 in the US. So, whether the iPad 11 will start at $349 or its previously higher price point is unclear. On the other hand, once Apple launches the iPad 11, Apple Intelligence features will finally be available on all current-generation iPads, which require at least an M1 or A17 Pro chip. Additionally, Gurman expects the iPad 11 models to be released this Spring (2025) without any significant design changes, so March or April is the…Apple’s next-gen iPad 11 may pack A17 Pro chip and 8GB RAM