4 ways to take advantage of your iPad's USB port (that aren't power)

Expect to turn to third-party apps like VLC and Plex to get around some of iPadOS's restrictions.
Ars Technica

iPad Pro stuttering video using Lightning to HDMI adapter

I'm using a 12" iPad Pro with the Apple Lightning to HDMI adapter and am unable to get smooth video playback. I've tried the built-in video playback app ("TV") as well as VLC and a couple others but ...
Macworld

The new iPad’s USB-C port is really a Lightning port in disguise

After years of the Lightning port on iPhones, iPads, and other devices, Apple is forced to switch to USB-C, thanks in part to the European Union. In many ways, that’s a good thing for users, but you ...
Android Police

Apple's cheapest iPad now uses USB-C, leaving the iPhone as the final Lightning holdout

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. The 10th-generation iPad looks pretty much like the fourth- and fifth-gen iPad Air. It's got the same squared-off edges and ...