From Monday news of this week, we are happy to hear that Apple released iOS 9.3(Beta 1) which brings many new features: Night Shift mode, Classroom app and new 3D Touch shortcuts. However, playing MKV movies on iOS 9.3 iPad Air 2/iPad Pro is still a big problem to many Apple fans. iOS 9.3 iPad Air 2/iPad Pro still doesn’t support for playing MKV movies natively.
Solution 1: Install a MKV player in App Store
You can click here and it will take you to the download page of VLC for Mobile. VLC is a free media player which supports for playing MKV files on iOS 9.3 iPad Air 2/iPad Pro.
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Solution 2: Transcode MKV movies to MP4 format
This is an alternative to VLC. What you need is just an video converter, which can trasncode MKV movies to MP4 format. Here I recommend Pavtube Video Converter for Mac(Windows version) to enable you to watch MKV movies on iOS 9.3 iPad Air 2/iPad Pro.
Why do I recommend this video converter.
- This is an All-in-One video converter.
- Able to convert any kind of movie, including MKV, to MP4 format for iOS 9.3 iPad Air 2/iPad Pro in a short time.
- You won’t have imcompatible issues about video or audio any more with this video converter
- Support latest Mac OS X El Capitan and Windows 10
- The most important thing is you can choose the preset output profile for iOS 9.3 iPad Air 2/iPad Pro by just two clicks.


Other Download:
- Amazon Store Download: http://www.amazon.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter-Mac-Download/dp/B00QIBK0TQ
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-76179460.html
How to Play MKV movies on iOS 9.3 iPad Air 2/iPad Pro
Step 1. After you install this MKV converter, run it. Then click "Add Video" button to browse and choose your MKV movies or the folder to load them.

Tips: The picture below is “Merge into one file” option which can be used for merging several movie clips into one file.

Step 2. For converting MKV movies to MP4 format, just click the “Format” bar and follow "iPad" to select "iPad Air Full HD Video(*.mp4)" from the drop-down list. iPad Air Full HD Video(*.mp4) is suitable for iOS 9.3 iPad Air 2/iPad Pro.

Step 3. At last, please go back to main UI and hit on the "Convert" button to start converting MKV files to MP4. The conversion will be finished in just a coffee time. After that, you will be able to import and watch MKV movies on iOS 9.3 iPad Air 2/iPad Pro. Enjoy!
Related Software:
Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac: If you want to watch DVD movies on iOS 9.3 iPad Air 2/iPad Pro, you can try another software - Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac. This App can help you extract DVD movies out for playing on iOS 9.3 iPad Air 2/iPad Pro.
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