New iPad Pro Nano-Texture Glass: A Deep Dive (Do You Need It?)

New iPad Pro Nano-Texture Glass: IPad Pro now has Apple’s new nano-texture glass option. Here’s what you should know.

On some Apple products such as the Apple Studio Display and the M4 iPad Pro, there is a thing called nano-texture glass. This was first seen on the massively expensive Pro Display XDR before appearing on other Apple devices starting from the now discontinued 27-inch iMac. So, what exactly is it and should you pay hundreds more to have it on your display?

What is iPad Pro Nano-texture Glass?

The large glossy displays in well-lit offices or homes can be turned into huge mirrors by glare. A solution for this is having matte displays. By switching to using nano-textured glass however, users can significantly reduce glare without losing out on color saturation or making the screen appear frosty.

This comes down to clever design as well as a careful process of producing screens that can cope with very bright sources of light albeit at an extra cost buried deep inside their price tags.

How Does iPad Pro Nano-Texture Glass Work?

One of the major causes of reflections is when light from lamps, windows and other sources bounces off modern screen surfaces towards one’s eyes; thanks to those surfaces being smooth as silk. In order to solve this problem, matt finishes apply some kind of coating onto the screen which makes light diffuse or rupture when they come in contact with its many-sided surface. Unfortunately this also applies to the outgoing light so that one ends up with murkier results usually associated with this technique.

Instead of applying a coating, Apple has gone a step further by modifying the actual surface through tiny etchings (nano). The etching pattern will cause reflected rays hitting against the screen to scatter in various directions thereby eliminating most (if not all) possible glares.

The really smart part is that this hardly seems to affect anything else shown onscreen. Of course, making those tiny etchings in the glass is a highly accurate process which makes it more expensive. However, over time, the price has gone down and the extra cost of an M4 iPad Pro is just $100 higher than that of normal glass (if you buy at least 1TB).

How Do I Clean iPad Pro Nano-Texture Glass?

One of the downsides to Apple’s new Nano-texture glass displays is that they can only be cleaned using a specific Apple cloth. One comes with each display but we are not entirely sure what makes it so special.

Obviously, it would be smart to follow the manufacturer’s instructions rather than buying a £5/$5 rip-off cloth from eBay when you have just paid £500 for special display technology.

Is iPad Pro Nano-texture Glass Durable?

Nano-texture lasts as long as ordinary glass does. There will not be any wear since there is no coating on it.

Should I Choose iPad Pro Nano-texture Glass for my Apple device?

The chief motive behind the inclusion of the expensive Nano-texture glass attribute is for persons who are battling with a blinding light, for instance, if they use their Studio Monitor in a brightly lit room or outside on their iPad Pro.