The 2022 M2 MacBook Air: A New Era of Performance and Design

The latest iteration of Apple's popular MacBook Air has finally arrived, bringing with it a host of exciting new features that are sure to impress even the most discerning tech enthusiasts. In this article, we'll take a closer look at some of the top new features of the 2022 M2 MacBook Air, and explore what makes this device so special.

One of the first things you'll notice about the new MacBook Air is its impressive performance. The M2 chip provides a significant boost in processing power, with Geekbench scores of 1693 and 7195 for the M1, and 1898 and 8941 for the M2. This means that the MacBook Air can handle even the most demanding tasks with ease, making it an ideal choice for professionals and creative types alike.

But performance is just one aspect of what makes this MacBook Air so special. The graphics metal test scores a whopping 84 to 26, 123, which is a significant improvement over previous models. This means that you'll be able to enjoy smooth and seamless visuals, even when running demanding graphics-intensive applications.

Another notable feature of the new MacBook Air is its improved camera capabilities. Apple has updated the built-in camera from 720p to 1080p, which may seem like a small change, but it's a noticeable difference in practice. You'll be able to enjoy clearer and more detailed video calls with friends and family, thanks to the improved camera.

But the new MacBook Air isn't just about looks - it's also about performance under the hood. Apple has made some significant upgrades to the machine's memory, increasing the amount of unified memory from 8 to 16 gigs, and even offering a 24-gig option for those who need more. This means that you'll be able to run multiple applications simultaneously without worrying about running out of memory.

And speaking of memory, Apple has also upgraded the power adapter included with the MacBook Air. The new 30-watt power adapter is still included, but you can now opt for a 35-watt dual-output power adapter that includes two USB-C ports. This means that you'll be able to charge your iPhone and Mac simultaneously, which is a convenient feature that's sure to come in handy.

But what really sets the new MacBook Air apart from previous models is its updated design. Apple has fully redesigned the machine's exterior, ditching the taper and opting for a sleeker, more streamlined look. The result is a device that feels incredibly thin and light, with a weight of just 2.7 pounds. This makes it easy to carry around all day, whether you're working on the go or commuting to school.

The new MacBook Air also comes in two new colors: Midnight, which reminds us of the classic black MacBook, and Starlight, which is a beautiful, shimmering silver color that doesn't adopt fingerprints as easily. Both colors are stunning, and it's clear that Apple has listened to customer feedback when it came to design.

But what about audio? The new MacBook Air features four speakers instead of two, which improves the overall sound quality of the machine. This means that you'll be able to enjoy clearer and more detailed audio, whether you're watching videos or listening to music. And with Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos support, this is a truly immersive experience.

Finally, it's worth noting that Apple has updated the keyboard on the new MacBook Air. The top row of function keys is now larger and easier to hit, making it less likely to overshoot the mark when you're trying to access key commands like brightness or volume.

Overall, the 2022 M2 MacBook Air is a truly impressive device that offers a winning combination of performance, design, and features. Whether you're a student, professional, or simply someone who wants a reliable and portable laptop, this machine is sure to meet your needs.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwelcome everybody to apple insider let's walk through the best 11 new features of the 2022 m2 macbook air starting at magsafe3 maxsave has returned to the mac and it arrived with the 14 and 16 macbook pros but now it's come to the air freeing up the two type-c ports for peripherals like displays or ssds and allowing you to use magsafe3 to charge you can still use those thunderbolt ports to charge your mac but this is just another option and basically gives you a whole extra port and as an added bonus apple is color matching the cables so if you have the starlight version of the macbook air like we do you'll have a starlight cable to go with or if you have the midnight version you have a midnight cable to go with the second top feature is stickers apple always includes stickers with their macs and with the new macbook airs apple has color match stickers so when you get a macbook air whatever color your macbook air is is the color you'll get for the stickers the stickers are almost always white and occasionally apple release some darker black ones with certain limited edition products or something and we did get colored stickers with the 24 inch imac but now we have some colored stickers with the macbook air as well the third top new feature is of course apple's m2 processor the m2 processor is still an 8 core chip but it now has a faster clock speed and it has more gpu cores the last generation m1 macbook air had a 7 or 8 core gpu now you can choose between 8 or 10 cores and has dedicated video encode and decode engines if you look at just a quick couple benchmarks in the cpu testing of benchmark or geekbench we're getting a 1693 and a 7195 for the m1 in 1898 and an 8941 for the m2 definitely some improvements there on the graphics metal test we went from a 20 to 84 to a 26 123 a big boost and again both of these tested are eight core gpus so it's for sure faster then we have the facetime camera apple has updated the built-in camera from 720p to 1080p it's a small but noticeable difference you're still gonna get better video by using a dedicated camera or even continuity camera in mac os ventura but at least the built-in one won't be so greeny on all those facetime and zoom calls the fifth top new feature is the updated design apple has fully redesigned the macbook air to ditch the taper and is now one very long thin piece of metal apple took the macbook air from 0.41 centimeters to 1.61 centimeters for that taper to 1.3 universally across the body so when some part is thicker some parts it's a little thinner but overall feeling this thing it definitely comes off as a thinner more updated device and apple's even managed to decrease the weight it has gone from 2.8 pounds to 2.7 pounds number six apple has added two new colors to the macbook air lineup apple now makes this available not just in space gray and silver but in midnight in starlight as well midnight very much reminds me of that black macbook they had for a hot second and the starlight is great and doesn't adopt fingerprints quite as much as the midnight version does but i love both of these colors and it's apparent that most people do too because they're selling out quite fast number seven of our top features is memory thanks to the new m2 apple has faster memory on the macbook air and it has greater capacity it went from 8 and 16 gigs of unified memory now to 8 16 or 24 available when you're configuring your macbook air the eighth top new feature is the power adapter apple includes still a 30 watt power adapter in the box that you can use with magsafe 3. but you also have a new option you can opt for a 35 watt dual output power adapter that has two usbc ports that way you could charge your iphone and your mac at the same time you might get a little bit less speed when you have two high wattage devices plugged in but for the most part this is just gonna be beneficial to have an additional usbc port handy when you need it number nine of our top features is the display apple has increased the size of the display going from 13.3 to 13.6 they basically added a row of 64 pixels to the top which accounts for the menu bar it sits on either side of the notch of that new updated camera and just gives you a little bit more screen space to do your work on top of that apple has also made it brighter going from 400 nits maximum to 500 nits plus it has overall smaller bezels it's definitely a great looking display number 10 on our list are the speakers and other audio improvements apple has upgraded the internal speakers from two to four so before there is one speaker on the left and one on the right and now there are a total of four speakers inside of the macbook air that improves the overall sound quality of the machine apple before still supported spatial audio and dolby atmos but i think it's a bit better here with the new m2 macbook air just because there are more speakers to drive and manipulate in creating that 3d audio it's pretty cool apple also upgraded the headphone jack it now supports high impedance headphones as well as your standard headphones so any audio files should be pretty happy then finally number 11. this is kind of a small one but i did notice it right away as you as i was using the new macbook air apple has updated the keyboard just a little bit now that top row of function keys is larger it's not so thin and skinny as it was before so before i tend to go up to hit a function key like brightness or something it would overshoot it by just a bit because the buttons were so small but now apple has made them full size keys along that top row making those function keys easier to hit especially the touch id sensors a full button now not that tiny little square it's overall just easier to use so that's it those are my top 11 new features of the 2022 m2 macbook air let me know what you guys think if you want to grab one for yourself there's links down below in the description youwelcome everybody to apple insider let's walk through the best 11 new features of the 2022 m2 macbook air starting at magsafe3 maxsave has returned to the mac and it arrived with the 14 and 16 macbook pros but now it's come to the air freeing up the two type-c ports for peripherals like displays or ssds and allowing you to use magsafe3 to charge you can still use those thunderbolt ports to charge your mac but this is just another option and basically gives you a whole extra port and as an added bonus apple is color matching the cables so if you have the starlight version of the macbook air like we do you'll have a starlight cable to go with or if you have the midnight version you have a midnight cable to go with the second top feature is stickers apple always includes stickers with their macs and with the new macbook airs apple has color match stickers so when you get a macbook air whatever color your macbook air is is the color you'll get for the stickers the stickers are almost always white and occasionally apple release some darker black ones with certain limited edition products or something and we did get colored stickers with the 24 inch imac but now we have some colored stickers with the macbook air as well the third top new feature is of course apple's m2 processor the m2 processor is still an 8 core chip but it now has a faster clock speed and it has more gpu cores the last generation m1 macbook air had a 7 or 8 core gpu now you can choose between 8 or 10 cores and has dedicated video encode and decode engines if you look at just a quick couple benchmarks in the cpu testing of benchmark or geekbench we're getting a 1693 and a 7195 for the m1 in 1898 and an 8941 for the m2 definitely some improvements there on the graphics metal test we went from a 20 to 84 to a 26 123 a big boost and again both of these tested are eight core gpus so it's for sure faster then we have the facetime camera apple has updated the built-in camera from 720p to 1080p it's a small but noticeable difference you're still gonna get better video by using a dedicated camera or even continuity camera in mac os ventura but at least the built-in one won't be so greeny on all those facetime and zoom calls the fifth top new feature is the updated design apple has fully redesigned the macbook air to ditch the taper and is now one very long thin piece of metal apple took the macbook air from 0.41 centimeters to 1.61 centimeters for that taper to 1.3 universally across the body so when some part is thicker some parts it's a little thinner but overall feeling this thing it definitely comes off as a thinner more updated device and apple's even managed to decrease the weight it has gone from 2.8 pounds to 2.7 pounds number six apple has added two new colors to the macbook air lineup apple now makes this available not just in space gray and silver but in midnight in starlight as well midnight very much reminds me of that black macbook they had for a hot second and the starlight is great and doesn't adopt fingerprints quite as much as the midnight version does but i love both of these colors and it's apparent that most people do too because they're selling out quite fast number seven of our top features is memory thanks to the new m2 apple has faster memory on the macbook air and it has greater capacity it went from 8 and 16 gigs of unified memory now to 8 16 or 24 available when you're configuring your macbook air the eighth top new feature is the power adapter apple includes still a 30 watt power adapter in the box that you can use with magsafe 3. but you also have a new option you can opt for a 35 watt dual output power adapter that has two usbc ports that way you could charge your iphone and your mac at the same time you might get a little bit less speed when you have two high wattage devices plugged in but for the most part this is just gonna be beneficial to have an additional usbc port handy when you need it number nine of our top features is the display apple has increased the size of the display going from 13.3 to 13.6 they basically added a row of 64 pixels to the top which accounts for the menu bar it sits on either side of the notch of that new updated camera and just gives you a little bit more screen space to do your work on top of that apple has also made it brighter going from 400 nits maximum to 500 nits plus it has overall smaller bezels it's definitely a great looking display number 10 on our list are the speakers and other audio improvements apple has upgraded the internal speakers from two to four so before there is one speaker on the left and one on the right and now there are a total of four speakers inside of the macbook air that improves the overall sound quality of the machine apple before still supported spatial audio and dolby atmos but i think it's a bit better here with the new m2 macbook air just because there are more speakers to drive and manipulate in creating that 3d audio it's pretty cool apple also upgraded the headphone jack it now supports high impedance headphones as well as your standard headphones so any audio files should be pretty happy then finally number 11. this is kind of a small one but i did notice it right away as you as i was using the new macbook air apple has updated the keyboard just a little bit now that top row of function keys is larger it's not so thin and skinny as it was before so before i tend to go up to hit a function key like brightness or something it would overshoot it by just a bit because the buttons were so small but now apple has made them full size keys along that top row making those function keys easier to hit especially the touch id sensors a full button now not that tiny little square it's overall just easier to use so that's it those are my top 11 new features of the 2022 m2 macbook air let me know what you guys think if you want to grab one for yourself there's links down below in the description you\n"