How To Tell The Different Generations Of Ipads. The Air is the first iPad to offer Touch ID and more color choices Space Gray Silver and Gold and weighs in just slightly less than one pound 20 lighter than prior models. It will be written just below the word iPad.
See the tech specs for iPad 8th generation. Some of these iPads are known by other names. To find the visual differences between the 2 versions you need to flip the tablet over.
White or black front bezel.
Gold Rose Gold Silver and Space Gray the colors refer to the metal used for the back and not the bezel on the front that frames the screen. Your model number will be in A1234 format. If the camera system has multiple lenses housed in a square panel you have the 2020 4th generation 129-inch iPad Pro or the 2nd generation of the 11-inch model. Look on the back of your iPad.