The new Apple iPad mini has a smaller battery — but that's a good thing and Your PC: What Changes in Practice
Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you'll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci
Quick overview
Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you'll find him covering news, capabilities and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.
The details
Privacy-minded readers should check which data leaves the device and what stays local. AI features keep moving from demos into everyday tools, and this is another step in that shift. The 8th-gen iPad mini has a 4,900 mAh capacity battery It's a slight reduction on what we saw with the previous model However, actual battery life hasn't been reduced Apple is always rather coy when it comes to the battery capacities in its devices, but European Union regulations mean it has to now publish this data publicly: and we just learned that the new 2026 iPad mini has a battery capacity of 4,900 mAh.
Bottom line
- Keep your system and drivers current — most ai changes require the latest versions.
- Check settings after major updates: defaults sometimes reset without warning.
- Backup before big version jumps; it costs minutes and saves hours.
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