Finish

Space Grey

Display
Retina display
13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2560-by-1600 native resolution at 227 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors
Supported scaled resolutions:1680 by 1050

1440 by 900
1024 by 640
400 nits brightness
Wide color (P3)
True Tone technology

Chip
Apple M1 chip
8-core CPU with 4 perform­ance cores and 4 efficiency cores
7-core GPU
16-core Neural Engine

Battery and Power
Up to 15 hours wireless web
Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback
Built-in 49.9-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery
30W USB-C Power Adapter

Charg­ing and Expan­sion

1680 by 1050
1440 by 900
1024 by 640
400 nits brightness
Wide color (P3)
True Tone technology

Chip
Apple M1 chip
8-core CPU with 4 perform­ance cores and 4 efficiency cores7-core GPU

16-core Neural Engine

Battery and Power
Up to 15 hours wireless web
Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback
Built-in 49.9-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery
30W USB-C Power Adapter

Charg­ing and Expan­sion
Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:
Charging
DisplayPort
Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)
USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)

Memory
8GB
8GB unified memory

Storage
256GB SSDKey­board and Track­pad

Backlit Magic Keyboard with:
78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted-T arrangement
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

Touch ID
Touch ID sensor

Wireless
Wi-Fi
802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 wireless networking
IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology

Camera
720p FaceTime HD cameraAudio

Stereo speakers
Wide stereo sound
Support for Dolby Atmos playback
Three-mic array with directional beamforming
3.5 mm headphone jack

Operat­ing System
macOS
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What's in the box
MacBook Air
30W USB-C Power Adapter
USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)