New Magic Keyboard won’t bring Touch ID back to the iPad Pro

Apple’s new Magic Keyboard will bring Touch ID functionality to the iMac for the first time, but those hoping to use it on the new iPad Pro M1 are out of luck.

While iPad Pro M1 users will be able to use the keyboard, the Touch ID functionality won’t be available despite sharing the same architecture as Apple Silicon based Macs.

While Touch ID can be used by those using the Magic Keyboard on the M1 MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Mac mini, Apple has now confirmed the feature does not support the iPad Pro.

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