Use your Smart Keyboard Folio or Smart Keyboard with your iPad

Unlike Bluetooth keyboards, you don’t need to pair or turn on your Smart Keyboard Folio or Smart Keyboard.

If you have an iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation or later), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation or later), or iPad Air (4th or 5th generation): Connect your Smart Keyboard Folio to your iPad with the Smart Connector. The Smart Connector is on the back of your iPad, and has three small, magnetic contacts. Then put your iPad into the type position.

If you have an iPad (7th, 8th, or 9th generation), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Pro 9.7-inch, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st or 2nd generation): Connect your Smart Keyboard to your iPad with the Smart Connector, which has three small, magnetic contacts. The Smart Connector is on the top edge of your Smart Keyboard and on the side of your iPad. Then put your iPad into the type position.

Learn what to do if you can’t connect your iPad to your keyboard.