Apple Makes Headway on M4 MacBook Air and Plans New Low-End iPad

  • Company slightly delays next Mac Studio desktop with M4 chip
  • Preparations in place to launch new MacBook Air early in 2025
The current MacBook Air on display at an Apple store.Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg

Apple Inc. is nearing production of updated MacBook Airs with M4 chips for release in early 2025, a follow-up to a wave of new Macs that are coming next week, according to people familiar with the matter.

The latest MacBook Air models will look similar to the current design, launched in 2022, but will include the new M4 chip generation, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the products haven’t been announced. The company is set to soon begin manufacturing new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Airs codenamed J713 and J715, they said.

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