The next iPad Pro could have a matte display, making it the perfect outdoor iPad. But that's not very likely.

Apple already offers its Studio Display and Pro Display XDR in matte, “nano-texture” glass options. These matte displays diffuse reflections and make it easier to see the screen’s image under bright light. And this option, or one like it, is rumored for the next iPad Pro, as early as this month.

"The whole point of the nano-texture glass is that it avoids the usual compromises of matte panels in exchange for less durability. I don't see any way Apple would offer that on a product that you're going to smudge on regularly, and you probably can't apply oleophobic coatings well. It doesn't make sense to take a coating from a screen that you ideally should never touch and apply it to a touchscreen product," Apple fan Fuchsdh replied in a forum thread Lifewire participated in.

A matte "anti-reflective" or "anti-glare" screen usually works by roughening the outer layer so that light hitting it is scattered rather than reflected back to the viewer. Most laptop screens used to be like this. Before they had a glass layer, they used a matte or semi-matte plastic as a top layer.