At the recently concluded ‘Let Loose’ event, Apple announced the new iPad Pro 2024 lineup consisting of the 11-inch and 13-inch versions. The new iPad Pros are powered by the latest M4 processors and also feature ‘Tandem OLED’. In fact, they’re Apple’s thinnest product ever, rocking a 5.1mm aluminum chassis.

Both iPad Pro versions come with OLED displays that support a refresh rate as low as 10 Hz. However, according to Apple’s spec page, the devices still miss out on the always-on display feature found on Apple’s iPhone and Apple Watch.

Apple’s iPad Pro lineup has supported ProMotion since 2017, allowing the screen to refresh up to 120 times per second. While the devices were equipped with a 120Hz display, they could refresh between 24Hz and 120Hz until now. The newer iPad Pro 2024 models use a low-power LTPO (low-temperature polycrystalline oxide) display that allows the display to drop down to 10 Hz for static content such as images, according to Display expert Ross Young.

This helps the device save more battery. But Apple’s specs page for the iPad Pro 2024 is still loading Battery life unchanged Compared to the previous iPad Pro models, that is up to 10 hours. Apparently, the iPhone 13 Pro models also support ProMotion, which lowers the refresh rate to 10Hz but lacks the always-on display feature.

The always-on display feature finally arrived with the iPhone 14 Pro models, whose displays can drop the refresh rate to 1Hz. Apple Watch models with AOD can also reach 1Hz. So, unless and until iPad Pro displays can reduce the refresh rate to 1Hz, it’s unlikely they’ll get the always-on display feature.

The new generation iPad Pro models are available to order starting today, with the launch scheduled for Wednesday, May 15. If you’re on the fence about whether or not you should upgrade to the latest iPad Pro 2024 models, consider checking out spec comparisons between the new M4 iPad Pro and the M2 iPad Pro 2022.