Apple Officially Announces New 15-Inch MacBook Air

At WWDC 2023, Apple has announced a new 15-inch MacBook Air with the company’s M2 chip.

The laptop has a 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display with 500 nits of brightness and thin 5mm borders. The new MacBook Air is 11.5mm thin and weighs just over three pounds. It also comes with a headphone jack, MagSafe charging, and two Thunderbolt ports. You can take a look at the new 15-inch MacBook Air in the gallery below.

Apple said the laptop is 12 times faster than the fastest Intel-powered MacBook Air, and its battery life can last up to 18 hours. It also has a 1080p camera for video calls, and a three-mic array to pick up your voice. For audio playback, it comes with six speakers for Spatial Audio.

Apple claimed that the new MacBook Air will be the best 15-inch laptop on the market, with twice the performance and brightness of 15-inch Windows laptops, while also delivering 50-percent better battery life.

The 15-inch MacBook Air is launching on Tuesday, June 13, and you can order it today. The price starts at $1299, or $1199 for Education. It comes in four colors, including Midnight and Starlight. The current 13-inch MacBook Air is also getting a price drop, now starting at $1099.

Elsewhere during its WWDC 2023 keynote, Apple announced the new Mac Pro with the M2 Ultra.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over seven years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.