Mac · MacBook Air
2026
MacBook Air (M5, 13-inch / 15-inch, 2026)
M5 MacBook Air doubles starting storage to 512GB and adds Apple N1 wireless with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 while preserving the fanless Air form.
- Announced
- 2026-03-03
- Family
- Mac
- Branch
- MacBook Air
- Historical weight
- Major evolution
Key specifications
Apple verification ↗- Display
- 13.6" or 15.3" Liquid Retina
- Chip / CPU
- Apple M5 · 4.60 GHz
- Memory
- 16 GB (up to 32 GB)
- Base storage
- 512 GB
- Ports & charging
- Thunderbolt 4 / USB-C, MagSafe 3
- Weight
- Varies by configuration
- Dimensions
- Desktop computer
- Original OS
- macOS
- Launch price
- $999
- Released
- March 11, 2026
- Graphics
- Apple integrated GPU
- CPU cores
- 10
Generation delta
What changed?
Introduced
2- Silicon
M5 chip in 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air
M5 chip in 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air.
- Silicon
Apple N1 wireless chip with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6
Apple N1 wireless chip with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.
Changed
1- Storage
Starting SSD capacity doubles to 512GB
Starting SSD capacity doubles to 512GB; configuration expands to 4TB.
Retained
1- Camera
Fanless aluminum Air design, 12MP Center Stage camera, and two Thunderbolt 4 ports
Fanless aluminum Air design, 12MP Center Stage camera, and two Thunderbolt 4 ports.
Canonical predecessor
MacBook Air (M4, 13-inch / 15-inch, 2025) MacBook Air (M5, 13-inch / 15-inch, 2026)