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Title: The next iPad Pro could be the first to get vapor chamber cooling

Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:05:37 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/mobile/tablets/the-n...

The iterative upgrades for iPads may not be enticing enough to warrant a new
purchase every year, but Apple may have a particularly cool upgrade to
convince users to shell out for the next iPad Pro. According to Bloomberg's
Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to include a vapor chamber for the upcoming
iPad Pro that's due to ship with the M6 chip.

We've already seen the vapor chamber included in the iPhone 17 Pro models,
helping to boost cooling and performance. While an iPad's larger surface area
makes for greater heat dissipation than an iPhone, this cooling system should
make the tablet more capable when it comes to demanding tasks, like gaming,
video editing or AI apps. Gurman also predicts that Apple could market the
vapor chamber cooling as another way to differentiate between the iPad
models.

Apple previously improved the cooling performance of iPad Pros with the M4
generation, which included a new copper heat sink. With the vapor chamber,
Apple is borrowing a concept already found in other smartphones from Samsung
and Google. Samsung has even included this style of liquid cooling in its
Galaxy Tab S9, which came out in 2023. As for the first potential 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 heat
performance could come out sometime in 2027.

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