Logitech has introduced a brand new keyboard case for iPad Professional and iPad Air fashions that allows you to take away and place its keyboard precisely the place you want it. It’s not a wholly new concept for the corporate — its Combo Contact case additionally helps you to detach the keyboard — however the brand new Flip Folio’s keyboard has a a lot smaller footprint, providing you with extra flexibility in terms of the place you should utilize it.
The Flip Folio is priced at $179.99 for a model appropriate with 13-inch iPad Air and iPad Professional fashions, or $159.99 for a barely smaller case that’s appropriate with the 11-inch variations of these tablets. Availability will get a bit of extra sophisticated relying on what coloration you need. A graphite model will launch globally in June 2025, as will a black possibility, however solely in North America. A pale gray and lilac model will debut later this 12 months in September 2025 “in choose areas,” alongside a sand possibility that may even be restricted to North America.
Each the bigger and smaller variations of the wi-fi keyboard are simply over 1 / 4 of an inch thick and weigh lower than 207 grams. Every is designed to magnetically connect to the again of the Flip Folio case with out including an excessive amount of thickness. It consists of devoted iPadOS shortcut keys and multi-device Bluetooth pairing so you may simply change between utilizing it along with your pill, smartphone, and even a pc.
Battery life is estimated to be as much as two years, however that may depend upon how incessantly you’re utilizing the keyboard. When it dies, you’ll want to exchange its coin cell battery, as a result of the keyboard doesn’t characteristic a chargeable battery or perhaps a USB port for connecting it to a tool with a cable. It’s wi-fi all the best way.
The Flip Folio case itself affords back and front safety in your iPad. Because it connects to the pill magnetically, you may place the iPad in both panorama or portrait orientations when utilizing it as a multi-angle assist stand. With the iPad supported vertically, the Flip Folio has a bit of additional room for supporting a smartphone, too, letting you place them aspect by aspect and develop your multitasking.