Apple MacBook Air (15-inch, M4, 2025)
The 2025 15-inch MacBook Air: the fanless M4 chip with a 10-core CPU (up from 8), a 12MP Center Stage camera with Desk View, a Sky Blue finish, a 16 GB memory floor, and support for two external displays with the lid open. Sold with a fixed 10-core GPU, 16 GB to 32 GB of unified memory and 256 GB to 2 TB of storage.
Memory
- Type
- Unified memory packaged with the M4 chip, 120 GB/s; LPDDR5X-7500, 128-bit per Wikipedia
- Standard
- 16 GB; configurable to 24 GB or 32 GB
- Slots
- None; size is fixed at purchase
Storage
- Standard
- 256 GB SSD
- Configurable
- 512 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB SSD
- Type
- Soldered Apple SSD; PCIe 4.0-based, up to 3.3 GB/s read (Wikipedia)
- Card reader
- None
Graphics
- GPU
- Integrated Apple M4 GPU, 10-core (Apple G16G, GPU Family 9 per Wikipedia); hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading
- External displays
- Simultaneously with the built-in display: up to two external displays, each up to 6K at 60 Hz — no need to close the lid
- Video output
- Thunderbolt 4 digital video output; native DisplayPort 1.4 over USB-C
- Video playback
- HEVC, H.264, AV1 and ProRes; HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10+/HDR10 and HLG
- Neural Engine
- 16-core (38 TOPS INT8 per Wikipedia)
Networking
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), where supported
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.3
Power
- Adapter
- 35 W Dual USB-C Compact Power Adapter (standard)
- Optional adapter
- 70 W USB-C Power Adapter, required for fast charge
- Charging
- MagSafe 3 (USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable, included) or either Thunderbolt 4 port
- Line voltage
- 100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz
- Cooling
- Fanless (passive)
Ports
- Left
- MagSafe 3 charging port, 2 × Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C)
- Right
- 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
- Thunderbolt 4
- Charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40 Gb/s), USB 4 (up to 40 Gb/s)
Display
- Panel
- 15.3-inch Liquid Retina, LED-backlit with IPS technology, 2880 × 1864 at 224 ppi; rounded top corners
- Brightness
- 500 nits
- Color
- 1 billion colors, wide color (P3), True Tone
- Refresh
- 60 Hz (Wikipedia)
- Camera
- 12MP Center Stage camera with Desk View support; 1080p HD video recording; advanced image signal processor with computational video
Battery
- Capacity
- 66.5 Wh lithium-polymer, built in
- Apple rating
- Up to 15 h wireless web, up to 18 h video streaming
Physical
- Dimensions
- 1.15 × 34.04 × 23.76 cm (H × W × D); 0.45 × 13.40 × 9.35 in
- Weight
- 1.51 kg (3.3 lb)
- Colors
- Sky Blue, Silver, Starlight, Midnight
- Keyboard
- Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (U.S.) / 79 (ISO) keys incl. 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted-T arrangement; Touch ID; ambient light sensor
- Trackpad
- Force Touch trackpad
- Audio
- Six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers; Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers, dynamic head tracking with supported AirPods, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max; three-mic array with directional beamforming, Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum modes, enhanced voice clarity in calls
- Environment
- Operating 10–35 °C, 0–90% RH non-condensing, tested up to 10,000 ft
- Part numbers
- MC6J4xx/A, MC6K4xx/A, MC6L4xx/A, MC7A4xx/A, MC7C4xx/A, MC7D4xx/A, MDG34xx/A, MDG84xx/A, MDG94xx/A, MW1G3xx/A, MW1H3xx/A, MW1J3xx/A, MW1K3xx/A, MW1L3xx/A, MW1M3xx/A (Apple identify page); model number A3241 (Wikipedia)
Management
- Security
- Touch ID
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- macOS Sequoia 15.2 (Wikipedia)
- Newest compatible
- macOS 27 Golden Gate (Apple identify page / Wikipedia)
- Windows
- No Boot Camp: Apple's Boot Camp requires a Mac with an Intel processor
Processors
- Apple M4 (10-core CPU)