Mac · MacBook Air
2022
MacBook Air (M2, 2022)
The M2 MacBook Air adopted a new 13.6-inch enclosure, MagSafe charging, and a Liquid Retina display while moving the Air to Apple’s second-generation Mac chip.
- Announced
- 2022-06-06
- Family
- Mac
- Branch
- MacBook Air
- Historical weight
- Major evolution
Key specifications
Apple verification ↗- Display
- 13.6" Liquid Retina, 2560×1664
- Chip / CPU
- Apple M2 (8-core) · 3.49 GHz
- Memory
- 8 GB (up to 24 GB)
- Base storage
- 256 GB
- Ports & charging
- 2× Thunderbolt, MagSafe 3
- Weight
- 1.24 kg
- Dimensions
- Flat unibody with notch
- Original OS
- macOS 12 Monterey
- Launch price
- $1,199
- Released
- July 15, 2022
- Discontinued
- March 2024
- Graphics
- Apple 8/10-core GPU
- CPU cores
- 8
Generation delta
What changed?
Introduced
3- Silicon
Apple M2 chip with an 8-core CPU, up to 10-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine
Apple M2 chip with an 8-core CPU, up to 10-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine.
- Display
13.6-inch Liquid Retina display and a 1080p FaceTime HD camera
13.6-inch Liquid Retina display and a 1080p FaceTime HD camera.
- Ports
MagSafe charging and a four-speaker sound system with spatial audio
MagSafe charging and a four-speaker sound system with spatial audio.
Changed
1- Display
New thin aluminum enclosure with a 30 percent larger display than the prior 13-inch Air…
New thin aluminum enclosure with a 30 percent larger display than the prior 13-inch Air design cited by Apple.
Canonical predecessor
MacBook Air (M1, 2020) MacBook Air (M2, 2022)