Apple is preparing an M4 MacBook Air update for early next year

Apple plans to merchandise MacBook Airs with M4 chips successful aboriginal 2025, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. The institution conscionable refreshed the lineup with M3 chips this spring, but the M4 update volition “likely” motorboat betwixt January and March 2025, Gurman says. Both the 13-inch and 15-inch models volition seemingly get the M4 update, and they’ll person a akin plan to the M2 MacBook Air.

The imaginable outpouring motorboat for M4-equipped MacBook Airs means that merchandise enactment won’t beryllium portion Apple’s rumored announcements for adjacent week. With those updates, Apple is going to uncover caller MacBook Pros, Mac Minis, and iMacs, Gurman says.

If you’re waiting for a caller Mac Studio, though, don’t expect that imminently. The Mac Studio is presently powered by the M2 Max and M2 Ultra chips, but an M4-equipped mentation is present apt to get “after a March bundle release,” meaning it could hap sometime betwixt March and June, Gurman says. Apple is besides seemingly moving connected an M4 Mac Pro, Gurman didn’t springiness a timeline for erstwhile that mightiness travel out.

In the spring, Gurman reports that Apple is besides aiming to uncover a caller iPhone SE, caller iPad Airs, “upgraded” iPad keyboards, and caller entry-level iPads. The institution conscionable released a seventh-generation iPad Mini and is acceptable to motorboat the archetypal signifier of Apple Intelligence features next week.