The Best iPad to Buy (and Some to Avoid) in 2026

Great iPad Accessories

iPad accessories are endless. Below, we've highlighted immoderate of our favorites to circular retired your tablet experience, and you tin find much successful our Best iPad Accessories guide.

Zugu Case for $50+: This is our favourite folio lawsuit for the iPad for aggregate reasons. It's not lone durable (complete with a rigid bumper), but it besides has a magnetized screen that stays unopen and a flap that allows you to presumption the surface astatine 8 antithetic angles. The lawsuit is magnetic, allowing you to instrumentality it connected the fridge securely. It's besides reasonably priced, comes successful an array of colors, and has a spot for your Apple Pencil.

Satechi M1 Wireless Mouse for $30: We're already large fans of Satechi's accessories astatine WIRED, and this rodent didn't disappoint. It has a comfy ergonomic design, a sleek aluminum finish, and creaseless scrolling. It has large artillery beingness too—with a built-in lithium-ion battery, I've been utilizing it for the past 4 months and person yet to complaint it.

Mageasy CoverBuddy Case (iPad Pro) for $70: This lawsuit allows you to magnetically link it to Apple's Magic Keyboard lawsuit without having to instrumentality disconnected the lawsuit each time. It feels durable and doesn't adhd excessively overmuch bulk to the iPad. There's besides a slot for the Apple Pencil Pro oregon the USB-C version. The institution besides offers the CoverBuddy Lite for the iPad Air (M2).

Logitech Combo Touch (10th-Gen) for $260: The Combo Touch (8/10, WIRED Recommends) comes with a built-in keyboard, trackpad, and kickstand, making it perfect for getting enactment done connected your iPad. It's besides detachable, truthful you tin easy region the keyboard erstwhile you don't request it. It connects via Apple's Smart Connector, meaning you ne'er request to tinker with Bluetooth oregon fuss charging it. It's besides disposable for the iPad Pro (M4) and M5 (although it does adhd a spot of value to specified a bladed tablet) and the iPad Air (M2).

Casetify Impact Screen Protector for $56: If you're disquieted astir damaging your iPad screen, I urge this protector from Casetify. It's ace thin, has fantabulous interaction sensitivity, and is mostly fingerprint-resistant (I've wiped immoderate smudges present and there). It's painless to apply—the institution supplies a microfiber cloth, a de-dusting sticker, and bedewed and adust wipes.

Paperlike Charcoal Folio Case for $65: Paperlike is known for its surface protector, but the institution besides offers a large case. It's designed to consciousness similar a sketchbook, implicit with a polyester cloth screen that feels lightweight and high-quality. You tin besides prop your iPad up astatine 2 antithetic levels. It doesn't travel with an Apple Pencil slot, but determination is simply a ample flap closure that keeps it from falling out. I tested it with the iPad Air, but it's besides disposable for the iPad Pro (both sizes).

Twelve South StayGo Mini USB-C Hub for $60: Ports are constricted careless of the iPad model. This hub from Twelve South has an 85-watt USB-C larboard with passthrough charging, a USB-A port, an HDMI port, and a headphone jack. If you person occupation fitting it connected an iPad with a case, the included socket-USB-C-to-plug-USB-C cablegram volition hole this.

Apple Magic Trackpad (USB-C) for $120: For a spacious trackpad, the Magic Trackpad 2 is simply a large choice. Instead of carnal buttons, it has Force Touch sensors wherever you tin consciousness antithetic levels of unit connected the pad. With enactment for assorted iPadOS gestures, you won't person to interaction the surface arsenic much. It automatically pairs with your iPad via Bluetooth and recharges with the Lightning port.

Logitech K380 Bluetooth Keyboard for $40: If you similar an outer keyboard, it's hard to spell incorrect with the Logitech K380. It's lightweight and portable and tin beryllium connected to up to 3 devices via Bluetooth (with dedicated buttons to power betwixt them). The keyboard is powered by AAA batteries, which lasted america astir 4 months, truthful you don't person to interest astir carrying a charger around.

Twelve South HoverBar Duo 2.0 for $80: The HoverBar serves 2 purposes. You tin equine it to the broadside of your bed, room counter, oregon support (to presumption contented comfortably and hands-free), oregon you tin usage the included basal astatine your desk. With the 2nd-gen version, you tin present region the limb from the clamp and connect it straight to the stand, making it easier to swap betwixt some modes.

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