The world’s most popular laptop offers more value than ever, with increased performance, up to 18 hours of battery life, a 12MP Center Stage camera, improved external display support, all in the same incredibly thin and lightweight design.
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA — Apple today announced the new MacBook Air,, which delivers the blazing-fast performance of the M4 chip, up to 18 hours of battery life, a new 12MP Center Stage camera, and a lower starting price. It also supports up to two external displays in addition to the built-in screen and comes with 16GB of unified memory as standard, along with the incredible capabilities of macOS Sequoia with Apple Intelligence. All of this is packed into the same incredibly thin and lightweight design, built to last. Additionally, the new MacBook Air debuts a completely new color: Sky Blue. This light metallic blue finish joins Midnight, Starlight, and Silver, creating the most stunning MacBook Air color lineup ever.
And now, with a starting price of just $999 (USD) and an education pricing of $899 (USD), the MacBook Air offers incredible value for students, business professionals, and anyone looking for the perfect combination of performance, portability, design, and durability. Available in 13-inch and 15-inch sizes, the new MacBook Air is available for pre-order in the U.S. starting today and will be available in stores on Wednesday, March 12. To check availability in your country, visit apple.com/co.
“The MacBook Air is by far the world’s most popular laptop. And today, there are even more reasons to choose it, including a major performance leap with the M4 chip, a new Center Stage camera, and a stunning new Sky Blue color,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “With its thin, light, and fanless design, all-day battery life, and the amazing capabilities of macOS Sequoia with Apple Intelligence, the MacBook Air is in a league of its own. And now, with a new lower starting price of $999 (USD), the MacBook Air delivers more value to customers than ever before. It’s the perfect time to upgrade or experience Mac for the first time.”
Thanks to its incredible thin, lightweight, and fanless design, the MacBook Air can be used anywhere for work, study, entertainment, or unleashing creativity.
A Completely New Shade: Introducing Sky Blue
A new color joins the MacBook Air lineup—Sky Blue. This incredible light metallic blue creates a dynamic gradient when light reflects off its surface. It joins Midnight, Starlight, and Silver to complete the most vibrant MacBook Air color range ever. All color options, including Sky Blue, come with a matching MagSafe charging cable.
The MacBook Air with the M4 chip is available in a stunning new Sky Blue color.
M4: Performance Reaches the Next Level
With the M4 chip in the MacBook Air, everything is faster and smoother, from everyday tasks like working across multiple apps to more demanding workloads like photo and video editing. The M4 chip features a powerful 10-core CPU, up to a 10-core GPU, and support for up to 32 GB of unified memory. That’s why the new MacBook Air is up to twice as fast as the model with the M1 chip.¹ Compared to the fastest Intel-based MacBook Air, the M4 chip model delivers up to 23 times faster performance.¹
With a battery life of up to 18 hours, those upgrading from an Intel-based model will enjoy up to six more hours of battery life to do it all on a single charge.¹ The powerful Neural Engine in the M4 chip, which accelerates AI-driven tasks, is also up to three times faster than in the MacBook Air with the M1 chip, significantly boosting speed for tasks like automatically optimizing images and removing background noise in videos.
The M4 chip in the MacBook Air boosts performance for enjoying demanding games like Civilization VII.
The MacBook Air with the M4 chip delivers a new level of performance:
- Spreadsheet calculations in Microsoft Excel are up to 4.7 times faster than on the fastest Intel-based MacBook Air and up to 1.6 times faster than on the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M1 chip.¹
- Video editing in iMovie is up to 8 times faster than on the fastest Intel-based MacBook Air and up to twice as fast as on the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M1 chip.²
- Photo editing in Adobe Photoshop is up to 3.6 times faster than on the fastest Intel-based MacBook Air and up to twice as fast as on the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M1 chip.¹
- Web browsing is up to 60% faster compared to a PC laptop with an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, and performance in more demanding tasks is up to twice as fast.¹
Designed for Apple Intelligence
Since MacBook Air was built for Apple Intelligence, it has new capabilities that make it even more useful and powerful. Users can discover new ways to express themselves visually with Image Playground, create the perfect emojis with Genmoji, and make their texts even more dynamic with Writing Tools.
Thanks to its new enhancements, Siri allows users to seamlessly switch between text and voice to speed up their daily tasks and can answer thousands of questions about Mac features and settings with step-by-step instructions on how to do things on Mac.
Since ChatGPT is seamlessly integrated into Writing Tools and Siri, users can choose to access its full knowledge and complete their tasks more quickly and easily. Users can access ChatGPT for free without needing to create an account, and with built-in privacy protections, IP addresses will be hidden, and OpenAI will not store requests. Additionally, they can choose to enable ChatGPT integration, as well as control when to use it and what information to share.
A Camera That’s Always Ready
With the new 12MP Center Stage camera, MacBook Air users will look better than ever—whether at home, school, or work. The Center Stage feature keeps users centered in the frame as they move, making it perfect for FaceTime calls with friends and family or joining an important meeting. It also supports Desk View, which simultaneously shows the user and an overhead view of their workspace—making video calls more natural for those sharing their latest project.
Image Playground, powered by Apple Intelligence, makes it easy to create unique and fun images with various concepts, such as themes, outfits, accessories, and locations.
Apple Intelligence, designed to protect users’ privacy at all times, uses on-device processing, meaning that many of the models that power Apple Intelligence run entirely on the device. To handle requests that require access to larger models, Private Cloud Compute extends Mac’s privacy and security to the cloud for even greater intelligence. When using Private Cloud Compute, user data is never stored or shared with Apple; it is only used to complete the request.
A Camera That’s Always Ready
Thanks to the new 12MP Center Stage camera with improved video quality, MacBook Air users will look better than ever—whether at home, school, or work. The Center Stage feature keeps users perfectly framed as they move, making it ideal for connecting with friends and family via FaceTime or joining an important meeting. It also supports Desk View, which simultaneously shows the user and an overhead view of their desk, making video calls feel even more natural for those who want to share their latest project or present a prototype at work.
Desk View simultaneously shows the user and a top-down view of their desk, making video calls even more natural for those who want to share their latest project or present a prototype at work.
Enhanced Monitor Compatibility
The MacBook Air can easily connect to external monitors, allowing for seamless content viewing and interaction. This practical option benefits everyone from business professionals managing multiple windows in an office to students working across various apps to complete a major project. For users who need to expand their workspace, the MacBook Air now supports up to two external 6K monitors in addition to its built-in Liquid Retina display.
The MacBook Air with the M4 chip allows users to connect up to two external monitors in addition to the built-in display, making it perfect for business users or anyone who needs more screens to multitask across different apps.
Everything Users Love
More and more people are choosing the MacBook Air over any other laptop. In addition to new features, the MacBook Air with the M4 chip includes all the functionalities and capabilities that have made it so popular, such as:
Reliability and Durability: The 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air feature a sturdy aluminum unibody design built to last. Both models are just over a centimeter thick, making them perfect for users to work, play, and create anywhere. The 13-inch model offers ultimate portability to take it anywhere, while the 15-inch model provides even more space for multitasking.
Touch ID and Magic Keyboard: With the advanced security of Touch ID, users can unlock their MacBook Air, make online purchases with Apple Pay, and securely download apps with ease. The comfortable and quiet backlit Magic Keyboard features standard-height function keys.
Spectacular Display: The MacBook Air boasts a stunning 13.6-inch or 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display with up to 500 nits of brightness, support for 1 billion colors, and up to twice the resolution of a comparable PC laptop. Content appears incredibly detailed, and text is ultra-sharp.
Versatile Connectivity: The MacBook Air with the M4 chip offers fast Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 connections. It also includes a MagSafe charging port and two Thunderbolt ports for connecting accessories like external storage and security keys, along with a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Microphones and Speakers: Users will also be heard clearly thanks to a three-microphone system with enhanced voice clarity for audio and video calls. And with a surround sound system supporting Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos, they can enjoy an immersive, three-dimensional experience when listening to music or watching movies.
The MacBook Air comes in two super-portable sizes: a 13-inch model and a 15-inch model.
An Unmatched Experience: macOS Sequoia
macOS Sequoia enhances the new MacBook Air with incredible features, such as iPhone Mirroring, which allows users to wirelessly interact with their iPhone, as well as its apps and notifications, directly on their Mac.3 Safari, the world’s fastest browser,4 now displays relevant website information in Highlighted Notes, summarizes articles in the redesigned Reader, keeps videos centered with a new Video Viewer, and lets users hide distracting elements with Distraction Control.
Gaming is even more immersive thanks to features like personalized Spatial Audio and an improved Game Mode, along with a great selection of amazing titles such as Civilization VII, Wuthering Waves, and many more.
Window Tiling enables users to organize information with window layouts that best suit their needs. The new Passwords app provides easy access to passwords, passkeys, and other credentials, all stored in one place.
Additionally, users can apply new, stunning built-in backgrounds to their video calls in a wide range of colors or upload their own photos.
Next month, macOS Sequoia 15.4 will make setting up the new MacBook Air with an iPhone easier than ever. By simply bringing their iPhone close to their Mac, users will be able to quickly and seamlessly sign in to their Apple Account to transfer their files, photos, messages, passwords, and much more to their new MacBook Air.5
Better for the Environment
The MacBook Air is designed with the environment in mind. As part of the Apple 2030 plan—Apple’s ambitious goal to be carbon neutral across all its operations by the end of this decade—the company is transitioning to renewable energy in its manufacturing process. Apple is also investing in solar and wind energy projects worldwide, considering the energy used to charge all Apple products, including the MacBook Air. Today, all Apple facilities, including Apple Intelligence data centers, run on 100% renewable energy.
To achieve the Apple 2030 plan, the company is designing products with more recycled and renewable materials, further reducing its carbon footprint. The MacBook Air is made with over 55% recycled content—the highest percentage of any Apple product. This includes 100% recycled aluminum in the enclosure and 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets. The battery contains 100% recycled cobalt, and for the first time in a Mac, over 95% recycled lithium. The MacBook Air meets Apple’s strict energy efficiency standards and is free of mercury, brominated flame retardants, and PVC. Its packaging is made entirely from fiber, bringing Apple closer to its goal of eliminating plastic from packaging by the end of 2025.
Better for the Environment
The MacBook Air is designed with the environment in mind. As part of the Apple 2030 plan—Apple’s ambitious goal to be carbon neutral across all its operations by the end of this decade—the company is transitioning to renewable energy in its manufacturing process. Apple is also investing in solar and wind energy projects worldwide, considering the energy used to charge all Apple products, including the MacBook Air. Today, all Apple facilities, including Apple Intelligence data centers, run on 100% renewable energy.
To achieve the Apple 2030 plan, the company is designing products with more recycled and renewable materials, further reducing its carbon footprint. The MacBook Air is made with over 55% recycled content—the highest percentage of any Apple product. This includes 100% recycled aluminum in the enclosure and 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets. The battery contains 100% recycled cobalt, and for the first time in a Mac, over 95% recycled lithium. The MacBook Air meets Apple’s strict energy efficiency standards and is free of mercury, brominated flame retardants, and PVC. Its packaging is made entirely from fiber, bringing Apple closer to its goal of eliminating plastic from packaging by the end of 2025.
Pricing and Availability
Customers in the United States can pre-order the new MacBook Air with the M4 chip starting today at apple.com/store and in the Apple Store app in 28 countries and regions, including the U.S. It will begin shipping to customers and will be available at Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Resellers starting Wednesday, March 12. To check availability in your country, visit apple.com/co.
The starting price for the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M4 chip is $999 (USD) and $899 (USD) for education; the starting price for the 15-inch MacBook Air with the M4 chip is $1,199 (USD) and $1,099 (USD) for education. Both models are available in Sky Blue, Midnight, Starlight, and Silver.
Additional technical specifications, built-to-order configuration options, and accessories can be found at apple.com/co/mac.
Apple Intelligence is available on all Mac models with an M1 chip and later, in English varieties for Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In April, it will be available in more languages, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and English (India, Singapore). Additional languages, such as Vietnamese, will be added throughout the year. Some features, apps, and services may not be available in all regions or languages.
With Apple Trade In, customers in the United States can trade in their current computer and receive credit toward a new Mac. For more information, customers can visit apple.com/shop/trade-in.
For customers in the United States, AppleCare+ for Mac provides an unmatched level of service and support. It includes unlimited incidents of accidental damage, battery repair coverage, and 24/7 support from the people who know Mac best.
Customers who purchase directly from Apple Retail gain access to Personalized Setup. In these online sessions, a Specialist can assist them with setup or other features to help them make the most of their new device. Customers can also learn how to use their new device in a Today at Apple session at their nearest Apple Store.
Customers in the United States who purchase from Apple using the Apple Card can make monthly payments with 0% APR if they choose the Apple Card Monthly Installments option and receive 3% Daily Cash back upfront. For more information, including eligibility, exclusions, and Apple Card terms, visit apple.com/apple-card/monthly-installments.