New iPad Pro ad features classic song from The Little Mermaid - The Verge

Bet you didn’t expect to hear ‘Part of Your World’ in an iPad ad.

Apple’s YouTube page currently has an unlisted video for a very clever iPad Pro ad featuring the song “Part of Your World” from Disney’s iconic animated film The Little Mermaid (via MacRumors).

(One woman’s leg is literally tied to her chair by a cord.) Often, they forlornly look outside, where people are happily using their iPad Pros to video chat, play games, and do work, seemingly free from the horrible confines of desktop computing.

The lyrics, admittedly, do apply well for an ad where Apple is trying to prove that an iPad Pro can do everything that a “normal” computer can do without things like a dedicated monitor or a constant power supply.

The ad’s appearance follows the release of new iPad Pros in May that have Apple’s custom-designed M1 processor onboard and, for the 12.9-inch model, a brand new Mini LED display