Apple has improved battery life on all M4 MacBook Pro models, and that tells me the M4 MacBook Air should see similar gains.
The M4 MacBook Pro announcement concluded Apple’s week of new Mac launches, and it’s no surprise Apple left the MacBook Pro for last. It’s easily the most exciting update of the three, considering that so many people buy Apple’s laptops. Sadly, there’s no M4 MacBook Air, as that refresh is coming sometime in early 2025.
While the 2024 laptops look just like their predecessors and seem to feature only a single big upgrade, the M4 chip, you should expect plenty of exciting features from the M4 MacBook Pros. One of them is better battery life than the previous-gen MacBook Pros.
The M4 MacBook Pro battery life is not that of a big surprise. Remember that Apple needed the M4 to make an incredibly powerful, ultra-thin iPad Pro that can last just as long as its predecessor despite featuring a thinner battery pack.
Those M4 efficiencies trickled down to the M4 MacBook Pro, which gets even better battery life than its predecessors. This practically guarantees that the M4 MacBook Air models will get their own battery boost in the not-too-distant future.
