- MacBook Air M4 is jerked to be announced this week
- Sources claim it will contain similar functionality as M4 MacBook Pro
- No estimated pricing at this time
According to the latest industry insider information, the Apple MacBook Air M4 could be announced within the next few days. It has been long awaited as the company’s latest silicon is already available in the MacBook Pro, IMAC and Mac mini machines.
Mark Gurman, Bloomberg’s CEO editor and chief correspondent, went to X to say, “I expect the M4 MacBook Air to be introduced as early as this week. Inventory has been significantly run and Apple is preparing a Mac-related message in the next few days. IPads will see deficiency but is probably not launched until later.”
It is assumed that the upcoming MacBook Air M4 model will have a 12MP camera, 16GB of Unified Memory by default, a longer battery life and potential configurations of a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU combination. As with the leap between M3 and M4 seen in the MacBook Pro Line, it is expected that there will be a rough performance jump of about 25%. No pricing assessments have been released, but the MSRPs are likely to be equivalent to last year’s models beginning at $ 1,099 and up to $ 1,499.
Other rumors circulating the MacBook Air M4 include a total of three Thunderbolt 4 ports, up from the two currently available in previous models. In the middle of the stage, which uses machine learning to keep you in the frame when using FaceTime and other video conferencing apps, are joined to be shown thanks to the implementation of Apple Intelligence launched in October 2024.
It has taken a long time for the Apple M4 chip to go to the MacBook Air; SOC originally launched back in May last year with three configurations. Standard M4 debuted on May 15, 2024 inside the iPad Pro, with M4 Pro and M4 Max, released later on November 8, 2024.
The latest MacBook Air 2024 model was released on March 8 of that year with the M3 chip and is available for 13-inch and 15-inch configurations. In addition, it is currently available in three larger variants either directly from Apple or larger retailers: 8-core CPU and GPU with 16GB Unifed Memory and 256 GB SSD, 8-CPU and 10-Core GPU with 16 GB Unified Memory and 512GB SSD and 8-core CPU with 10-core GPU, 24 GB Unipuret Memory and 512GB SSD.
MacBook Air Line finally catches up with the rest of the family
It was a strange decision for Apple to postpone M4 chip at its entrance level MacBook computers, until almost a whole year after the technology was already implemented in everything else. M4 did not debut on a computer but in the iPad Pro 13-inch before it ever arrived at the aforementioned MacBook Pro, IMAC and MAC Mini Hardware.
We gave the MacBook Pro 14-inch M4 model an almost perfect 4.5-star review when we covered it back in November 2024 with reference to the powerful performance jump that the M4 chip gave. Specifically, the newly implemented Apple Intelligence Functionality combined with the powerful redesigned GPU baked on silicon, including AAA games on 60fps in titles such as lies of P and Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
In our test, however, we found that the new middle step 12MP camera was temperamental outside Apple’s FaceTime and Zoom. While it was working, it wasn’t ideal for TV situations and we couldn’t even make it work with Google Meet. We are hopeful that these teeth problems could be corrected when the MacBook Air M4 model comes, especially as it has long arrived.
Despite having weak base specifications, we gave the MacBook Air M3 a perfect 5-star review back in July 2024, citing excellent performance, its market-leading fan-less design, lower price compared to the previous model and a battery life all day. Provided that the M4iteration follows, we could see a performance jump of about 25%, which is improved on the basic functionality of the cheapest iteration while implementing some of the MacBook Pro features that fans have fought for. That would be a welcome change for one of the best laptops in 2025.
