Apple MacBook Air M4: news, rumors, and everything we know

Everything we know about the MacBook Air M4, Apple's upcoming refresh

04 Oct 2024, 07:00 · TechRadar

News By Allisa James published 4 October 2024

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With Apple's Mac event expected this month, a new MacBook Air M4 might be among the tech giant's biggest product reveals of the year.

Apple revealing a new M4 MacBook Air model (either the 13-inch or 15-inch, or even both) would be a highlight at the event, as the MacBook Air is one of the most popular laptops in the world.

That said, the last MacBook Airs to launch, the MacBook Air 13-inch (M3) and MacBook Air 15-inch (M3), shipped in March 2024, so it might be 'too soon' for a new MacBook Air M4 refresh, but Apple has shipped multiple MacBook Air models in a single year (the last time was in 2020), so it's not out of the question—especially with the Apple M4 chip already out in the wild since June of this year in the iPad Pro.

Of course, thanks to Apple's notorious product announcement style, this reveal is far from set in stone. As such, it's more than possible that we won't see an actual refresh until 2025, but the rumor mill continues to churn. So, until we get official word, we're keeping an ear to the ground for the latest news and rumors, and bringing them all into one place to keep you up to date on the latest developments.

MacBook Air M4: Cut to the chase

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What is it? Apple's rumored M4 MacBook Air refresh
How much does it cost? Unknown at this time, as it hasn't been officially announced
When can I get it? Depending on when it's announced, it could be as early as late 2024, or sometime in 2025

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MacBook Air M4: Release date

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There's no official release date for a new M4 MacBook Air refresh as of now. However, if one is announced during the expected Apple event in October 2024, we could be seeing a launch as early as later this month.

And if said MacBook Air M4 reveal doesn't come in time for the Black Friday holiday period, we could still see an M4 MacBook Air launching sometime in 2025.

Ross Young, a display industry analyst and regular Apple news-breaker, stated that panel shipments for the MacBook Air M4 would kick off in October, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman also said that the timing of screen shipments lines up with the launch timeframe he’s heard – and that Apple now plans to debut the MacBook Air M4 refreshes of its 13-inch and 15-inch models in Q1 of 2025, most likely March at the latest.

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