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One year with the OLED iPad Pro: the best screen on any Apple device

Twelve months in, the tandem OLED display still impresses — but iPadOS continues to hold the hardware back.

Sam Patel··6 min read
iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard

The OLED iPad Pro turns one year old this month, and it's still the most beautiful display Apple has ever shipped. HDR content sings, blacks are properly black, and the 1000 nit sustained brightness is genuinely useful outdoors.

The software gap

The hardware deserves software that pushes it. iPadOS 19, expected at WWDC, is rumored to finally bring proper external display windowing and a redesigned Files app.