The MacBook Air is Apple’s most popular laptop – a thin, fanless machine that wields quiet power thanks to the efficiency of Apple silicon. While the M4 model isn’t exactly old, attention is already turning to its successor.
Apple doesn’t telegraph new product launches ahead of time, but we can draw a surprisingly clear picture of what to expect by looking at Apple’s silicon roadmap, release cycles, and past upgrades.
Release Timing and Price
Apple appears to have settled into a spring refresh cycle for the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air. After releasing the M2 model in mid-2022 with an all-new design, Apple skipped 2023 and then delivered back-to-back M3 and M4 MacBook Air updates in March 2024 and March 2025, respectively.
Indeed, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman