Apple is bringing a piece of high-end tech to 2022’s MacBook Air, according to a well-known industry analyst. It could be the next MacBook Air’s best feature.
While so much attention has been focused on this year’s MacBook Pro redesign, the MacBook Air has flown relatively under the radar. Now, a new report suggests it could borrow a key feature from the upcoming MacBook Pro in 2022. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple’s entry-level laptop will be updated in mid-2022 to get a mini-LED display. That will put it on par with the MacBook Pro in terms of display tech. So, what is all the fuss about? Well, mini-LED tech massively ramps up the number of LEDs in a device’s screen. In practice, that means darker blacks, better contrast, and higher brightness. For example, the 12.9-inch iPad Pro from 2021 comes with a mini-LED display that contains over 10,000 LEDs, giving it 1,600 nits of peak brightness and a massive 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio.
