MacBook Air is Apple’s thinnest and lightest notebook—now transformed by the powerful Apple M1 chip. For a giant leap in CPU and graphics performance and up to 18 hours of battery life.(1) Apple’s thinnest and lightest notebook gets supercharged with the Apple M1 chip. Tackle your projects with the blazing-fast 8-core CPU. Take graphics-intensive apps and games to the next level with an up to 8-core GPU. And accelerate machine learning tasks with the 16-core Neural Engine. All with a silent, fanless design and the longest battery life ever—up to 18 hours. (1) MacBook Air. Still perfectly portable. Just a lot more powerful. • Apple-designed M1 chip for a giant leap in CPU, GPU, and machine learning performance • Go longer than ever with up to 18 hours of battery life(1) • 8-core CPU delivers up to 3.5x faster performance to tackle projects faster than ever(2) • Up to eight GPU cores with up to 5x faster graphics for graphics-intensive apps and games(2) • 16-core Neural Engine for advanced machine learning • 8GB of unified memory so everything you do is fast and fluid • Superfast SSD storage launches apps and opens files in an instant • Fanless design for silent operation • 13.3-inch Retina display with P3 wide color for vibrant images and incredible detail(3) • FaceTime HD camera with advanced image signal processor for clearer, sharper video calls • Three-microphone array focuses on your voice instead of what’s going on around you • Next-generation Wi-Fi 6 for faster connectivity • Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports for charging and accessories • Backlit Magic Keyboard and Touch ID for secure unlock and payments • macOS Big Sur introduces a bold new design and major app updates for Safari, Messages, and Maps