The trackpad-equipped Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro is now available to order

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  The Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro. [credit: Apple ]

Apple has started taking orders for its trackpad-equipped Magic Keyboard peripheral for the iPad Pro, and it plans to put units in buyers' hands as early as next week. The company previously announced that the peripheral was coming in May, so this is a little ahead of the previously described schedule.

This peripheral works with the 2018 and 2020 iPad Pro models (both the 11- and 12.9-inch sizes).

The focus might seem to be on the trackpad because that's such a departure for this platform, but the keyboard is modeled after the Magic Keyboard, which has been sold as a standalone peripheral and which replaced the butterfly keyboards in the 16-inch MacBook Pro and 2020 MacBook Air.

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