The M4 MacBook Air

Apple is also expected to ease into 2025. Despite an unusually plausible rumor that a next-generation iPhone SE could launch this month (a report that Gurman quickly refuted), Apple’s first new product out of the gate will likely be the M4-powered MacBook Air family. These are expected to come in the usual 13- and 15-inch varieties with no physical design changes to speak of.

Gurman confirmed today that these are already in production overseas, with codenames of J713 and J715. The M4 chip is a given, considering Apple’s late 2023 and early 2024 release schedule. That will mean better power efficiency and longer battery life, and a base memory configuration of 16 GB. It’s unclear whether they’ll get other improvements from Apple’s recent M4 MacBook Pro models, such as the new 12-megapixel Center Stage camera or a nano-texture glass coating option. These are possibilities, but Gurman doesn’t have anything to say either way, and the rest of the rumor mill has been pretty quiet on this front.