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Introduction month. March. Introduction year. 2026
| Form factor | Clamshell |
| Product colour | Silver |
| Product type | Laptop |
Number of external displays supported. 2. High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology. High Dynamic Range 10 (HDR10), High Dynamic Range 10+ (HDR10 Plus), Dolby Vision, Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG). High Dynamic Range (HDR) supported. Yes. True Tone technology. Yes. Pixel density. 224 ppi. LED backlight. Yes. Display number of colours. 1.07 billion colours. Panel type. IPS. Display technology marketing name. Liquid Retina
| Display brightness | 500 cd/m² |
| Touchscreen | No |
| Display resolution | 2880 x 1864 pixels |
| Display diagonal | 38.9 cm (15.3") |
Efficient cores. 6. Processor generation. Apple M 5th Gen. Neural processor unit (NPU). Neural processor unit (NPU) cores. 16. Neural processor unit (NPU). Apple Neural Engine (ANE).
| Processor cores | 10 |
| Processor model | M5 |
| Processor family | Apple M |
| Processor manufacturer | Apple |
| Maximum internal memory | 24 GB |
| Memory form factor | On-board |
| Internal memory | 24 GB |
Compatible memory cards. Not supported. Card reader integrated. No. Intel® Optane™ Memory module installed. No. SSD capacity. 1 TB. Number of SSDs installed. 1. Total SSDs capacity. 1 TB
| Optical drive type | No |
| Storage media | SSD |
| Total storage capacity | 1 TB |
Ray tracing acceleration. Yes. On-board GPU manufacturer. Apple
| Memory bandwidth (max) | 153 GB/s |
| On-board graphics card 8K support | Yes |
| On-board graphics card 6K support | Yes |
| On-board graphics card 4K support | Yes |
| On-board graphics card cores | 10 |
| On-board graphics card model | Apple GPU |
| On-board graphics card family | Apple |
| Discrete graphics card model | Not available |
| Discrete graphics card | No |
| On-board graphics card | Yes |
Microphone modes. Voice Isolation, Wide Spectrum. Audio formats supported. MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC. Spatial audio. Yes.
| Built-in microphone | Yes |
| Number of microphones | 3 |
| Number of built-in speakers | 6 |
| Front camera resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| Front camera HD type | Full HD |
| Front camera resolution (numeric) | 12 MP |
| Front camera | Yes |
Wireless networking chip. Apple N1. Thread networking technology. Yes. Ethernet LAN. No. Mobile network generation. Not supported. Ports & interfaces. USB Type-C DisplayPort Alternate Mode. Yes. Charging port type. MagSafe 3. Docking connector. Yes. Headphone outputs. 1. Intel® Thunderbolt 4. Yes. Thunderbolt 4 ports quantity. 2. Performance. Repairability index. 6.8. Ambient light sensor. Yes.
| Bluetooth version | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Wi-Fi standards | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) |
| Top Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) |
| Mobile network connection | No |
Pressure sensing trackpad. Yes. Keyboard backlit. Yes
| Numeric keypad | No |
| Pointing device | Trackpad |
Apple Intelligence. Yes. Pre-installed software. App Store, Books, Calendar, Contacts, FaceTime, Find My, Freeform, Games, GarageBand, Home, iMovie, iPhone Mirroring, Journal, Keynote, Mail, Maps, Messages, Music, News, Notes, Numbers, Pages, Passwords, Phone, Photo Booth, Photos, Podcasts, Preview, QuickTime Player, Reminders, Safari, Shortcuts, Stocks, Time Machine, Tips, TV, Voice Memos, Weather. Processor special features. Video decode engine. Yes. Video encode engine. Yes. Brand-specific features. Accessibility features. VoiceOver, Zoom, Voice Control, Switch Control, Closed Captions, Live Captions, Accessibility Reader, Live Speech, Motion & display and text settings, Personal Voice. Brand specific technologies. Wide color (P3).
| Operating system installed | macOS Tahoe |
Fast charging. Yes. Browsing time (Wi-Fi). 15 h. Continuous video playback time (streamed). 18 h
| Battery capacity | 66.5 Wh |
| Battery technology | Lithium Polymer (LiPo) |
USB Power Delivery (USB PD). Yes. Required charging power (min). 35 W. Required charging power (max). 72 W. USB Type-C charging port. Yes. Security. Fingerprint reader. Yes. Operational conditions. Maximum shipping altitude. 10500 m. Non-operating altitude. 0 - 4500 m. Operating altitude. 0 - 3000 m. Operating relative humidity (H-H). 0 - 90%. Storage temperature (T-T). -25 - 45 °C. Operating temperature (T-T). 10 - 35 °C. 11.5 mm. Packaging data
| Weight & dimensions | Height |
| Depth | 237.6 mm |
| Width | 340.4 mm |
| Weight | 1.51 kg |
| Package weight | 2.34 kg |
| Package height | 280.1 mm |
| Package depth | 384.5 mm |
| Package width | 58.7 mm |
Packaging content. Cables included. USB Type-C to MagSafe 3. Other features. Warranty period. 1 year(s). Dolby technologies. Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos. Video formats supported. HEVC, H.264, AV1, ProRes. MacBook Air (M5) Product Environmental ReportMacBook Air (M5)
| Product family | MacBook Air |
| Product series | (M5, 2026) |
| AC adapter included | No |
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