Appearance Design: The overall appearance of the 2024 Magic Keyboard remains largely unchanged. It continues to adopt the floating cantilever design. The magnetic back panel connects to the iPad, enabling multi-angle adjustments.
The iPad floats above the keyboard and the aluminum palm rest, similar to the MacBook. It comes in two color options, black and white, and the cover can provide front and back protection for the iPad.
Increase in Function Keys: The new Magic Keyboard has an additional row of function keys, which can be used for operations such as increasing and decreasing the brightness, changing the volume, controlling media playback, locking the display, launching "Search", turning on "Do Not Disturb", and enabling "Dictation".
This allows users to perform various controls more conveniently when using the iPad Pro, and the operation experience is closer to that of the Mac.
Optimization of the Trackpad: The trackpad is made of glass, with an enlarged size, making it easier to operate.
It also supports haptic feedback and allows for multi-touch gestures, improving the operation experience for precision tasks like editing spreadsheets and selecting text. The feel is closer to that of the MacBook Pro.
Enhancement of Storage Function: Judging from the patents obtained by Apple, the new generation of the Magic Keyboard may have additional storage space for the Apple Pencil and also incorporate a "drawing board mode".
Without the need for disassembly, it can provide the form of a drawing board, similar to the "3-in-1" form of Microsoft's Surface Laptop Studio, providing users with more convenience in use and more form options.