Now I've had some people ask me, "Can you actually use
an external monitor on the new M1 iPad pro?"
And the answer is yes can.
In today's video, I'm actually going to test it out.
I'm also going to plug some accessories into the iPad pro
and also test them out
because obviously there's really no change
to the USB-C connector
and port on the iPad.
So it should work fine.
And guys if you do want to see this particular iPad,
which now has Thunderbolt capability attached
to a Thunderbolt dock, a little bit later,
let me know in the comment section below,
because that is going to be planned for my next video.
So as you guys can see over here to the side,
we have my Dell U2720Q monitor.
I've had it on quite a few videos on this channel.
It's a really good, high quality
4K 27 inch IPS monitor from Dell.
It also has USB-C functionality
which means you can actually connect a Mac or an iPad,
with just a single cable
and then you can actually plug all of your wired devices,
like SSDs or keyboards or mice,
into the actual monitor itself.
And so when you plug this cable into your iPad or Mac,
you get access to all of those devices.
So with this particular setup, I've actually got a mouse,
a keyboard.
The keyboard I'm using is the Keychron K6.
It's a wireless keyboard, but for the purpose of this video
I'm going to use it while it's connected to a cable,
just to see if it works.
And I've also got a two terabyte NBME SSD drive
also connected to the monitor.
So, first things first, let's actually plug into the iPad
and we'll see if it actually comes up at all.
I'll just unlock it using face ID.
Okay. And as we can see there
that is working perfectly fine.
So I'm just going to move this keyboard.
(soft music)
And as you can see the mouse I'm using just
a really simple wired mouse.
So if we just test out this keyboard real quick
you can see it works perfectly fine.
So if I just quickly switch between apps,
so I've got an editing program open here.
You can see that works fine.
I can go into file Explorer.
And by the way you can actually
see the NBME drive popping up here,
so that works perfectly fine.
I can also browse folders
and also go back with the mouse.
So, that's working perfectly fine.
So, again guys that NBME SSD drive is connected directly
to the monitor, which is then connected to the iPad
with the USB-C cable.
So let's try out some editing on LumaFusion.
Now, I'm honestly not a super big fan
of editing with a mouse and keyboard on this particular app.
Yes you can drag things around,
you can navigate the timeline fairly well,
but to be honest, it's actually easier to use
touch to actually edit on LumaFusion funnily enough.
But this just proves that it definitely does work.
As you can see here I can reorder clips,
I can shorten them, make them bigger,
I can also add titles and stuff like that in.
So, yeah it works perfectly fine.
So, just give me one sec guys,
just here to get this cat out of the way
because I think she's actually blocking the shot.
Okay, so obviously everything works
but what about the keyboard
and the typing experience?
Now I will be doing
a mouse and keyboard Word and Excel video later.
So, I'll leave that for a separate video
but as you guys can see here, this works perfectly fine.
I can type whatever I want.
(keyboard ticking)
And, that works perfectly fine as well.
(keyboard ticking)
So, really no issues there.
The keyboard's very responsive, as you would expect.
Really no difference at all
from the previous generation iPads.
Okay, so it's pretty obvious to me
that this is exactly the same
as the previous generation iPads.
You're going to have the exact same functionality.
There's no real issues.
However, in saying that, you are still hamstrung by iPad iOS
while this does look nice.
And I suppose it's kind of cool to have an iPad
displaying on a screen like this.
The actual quality is quite good as well.
I have to admit, like, there's not really any pixelation,
it's quite clear.
It's not really easy to work on
like the actual workflow I think would honestly
be easier just using the iPad.
Perhaps if you were editing and you could actually
preview your final clip on this monitor
while doing everything on the iPad that will be better.
So, hopefully come WWDC, I know I've been saying it
quite a few times, hopefully Apple
and some of these developers will improve the performance
of the iPad in terms of software.
They'll add some new features, updates, and apps.
And that might make it a little bit more intuitive
to use a mouse and keyboard and an external monitor.
But, for now guys in my opinion it's
a little bit of a gimmick.
So hopefully very soon Apple is going to
release some updates to address that.
Anyway, guys, thank you for watching this video.
Stay tuned for the Thunderbolt dock videos coming soon
and hopefully I'll catch you in the next one.