Believe it or not, Apple’s cheapest iPad, which is the 11th-generation model, supports Final Cut Pro.
Final Cut Pro Supports iPad 11 with A16 Bionic, Edit Your Next Video Masterpiece on Apple’s Entry-Level Tablet
If you head over to the Final Cut Pro App Store page, you’ll find this marvelous bit of literature:
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later and a device with an M-series or A16 or later chip.
What this means is, in order to use Final Cut Pro on iPad, you need something that has an M-series chip or something with A16 Bionic or faster.
Guess which chip the iPad 11 launched with? The A16 Bionic.
If you were hoping to buy an iPad for video editing, and had Final Cut Pro was in your sight at the same time, the iPad 11 is more than up for the task.
Apple gave us only two reasons to like the new iPad 11; a faster chip and 128GB of base storage. But it seems like it’s actually three, when you account for Final Cut Pro support.
Honestly, I did not see this one coming. When such powerful software lands on an entry-level device, it’s a great recipe for getting creative.
Usually, people are put off by such apps, thinking that it is a lot of investment to get started. But right now, it only takes $349 and a monthly subscription fee of $4.99 on top of that to get into the world of Final Cut Pro.
No need to invest in an iPad mini, iPad Air, or iPad Pro. The iPad 11 is a great starting point for Apple’s pro-level video editing software.
These are the kind of things that make more sense than features like AI.
