Speed of Lightness: MacBook Air with M4
Description
MacBook Air with the M4 chip lets you enjoy work and play. With Apple Intelligence, up to 18 hours of battery life, and an incredibly portable design, you can tackle anything, anywhere.
Supercharged by M4
The Apple M4 chip brings even more speed and fluidity to everything you do, whether you're working across multiple apps, editing videos, or playing graphically demanding games.
Designed for Apple Intelligence
Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself, and get things done effortlessly. With innovative privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data, not even Apple.
Up to 18 hours of battery life
MacBook Air delivers the same incredible performance, whether running on battery or plugged in.
A brilliant display
The 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display supports one billion colors. Photos and videos appear with rich contrast and sharp details, and text looks super crisp.
Look and sound your best
Everything looks and sounds amazing with a 12MP Center Stage camera, three microphones, and six speakers with Spatial Audio.
Connect it all
MacBook Air features two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a MagSafe charging port, a headphone jack, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3. And it supports up to two external displays.
Apps fly on macOS
All your favorites run fast on macOS, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Google Workspace.
If you love iPhone, you’ll love Mac
Mac works like magic with your other Apple devices. See and control what’s on your iPhone from your Mac with iPhone Mirroring. Copy something on iPhone and paste it on Mac. Text with Messages from your Mac or use your Mac to answer FaceTime calls.
Technical Details
MacBook Air 15-inch with M4 chip
Chip
- Apple M4 chip
- 10-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores
- 10-core GPU
- Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 120 GB/s memory bandwidth
Media Engine
- Hardware acceleration for H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW
- Video decode engine
- Video encode engine
- ProRes encode and decode engine
- AV1 decode
Apple Intelligence
Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself, and get things done effortlessly. With innovative privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data, not even Apple.
Display
15.3-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina display with LED backlight and IPS technology; 2880-by-1864 native resolution at 224 pixels per inch
500 nits brightness
Color
- Support for 1 billion colors
- Wide color (P3)
- True Tone technology
Battery and Power
- Up to 18 hours video playback
- Up to 15 hours wireless web browsing
- 53.8-watt-hour built-in lithium-polymer battery
- 30W USB-C Power Adapter (included with M4 with 8-core GPU)
- 35W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power Adapter (included with M4 with 10-core GPU; configurable with M4 with 8-core GPU)
- USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable
- Fast-charge capable with 70W USB-C Power Adapter
Charging and Expansion
- MagSafe 3 charging port
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Two Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports with support for:
- Charging
- DisplayPort
- Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
- USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
Display Support
Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display with 1 billion colors and:
- Up to two external monitors with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz
Thunderbolt 4 digital video output
- Native DisplayPort 1.4 output over USB-C
Video Playback
- Supported formats: HEVC, H.264, AV1, and ProRes
- HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10+/HDR10, and HLG
Audio Playback
- Supported formats: AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos
Keyboard and Trackpad
Backlit Magic Keyboard with:
- 78 (US) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted “T” arrangement
- Touch ID
- Ambient light sensor
- Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing, and Multi-Touch gestures
Camera
- 12MP camera with Center Stage supporting Desk View
- 1080p HD video recording
- Advanced image signal processor with computational video
Audio
- Four-speaker system
- Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers
- Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using supported AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max models
- Three-mic array with directional beamforming
- Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes
- Enhanced voice clarity in audio and video calls
- 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
