IPad Air 2

The iPad Air 2 is the second iPad Air model that was released on October 22, 2014, along with the iPad mini 3. It was the first iPad to feature Touch ID.

Specifications
The iPad Air 2 has similar hardware to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus with the Apple A8X chip, the more powerful variant of the A8. It has 2GB of RAM and the PowerVR GPU has 8 cores.

Support
The iPad Air 2 came with iOS 8.1 pre-installed and supports up to iPadOS 15.6 as of 2022. In 2020, the iPad Air 2 surpassed the iPad 2 and original iPad Air as the longest supported model, being compatible with 8 major releases of iOS to date. However, as iPadOS 16 is dropping support for the iPad Air 2 in 2022, this leaves the original 12.9-inch iPad Pro as the longest presently-supported model.

Reception
The iPad Air 2 received positive reviews.  called the device "the best tablet ever made", giving it a 9.3 out of 10 score.

Discontinuation
The iPad Air 2 was discontinued on March 21, 2017. The "iPad Air" name was brought back with the announcement of the 3rd-generation iPad Air on March 18, 2019.