Apple has released a number of new M4-powered Macs this year, including the redesigned, smaller Mac Mini and MacBook Pro M4, but the Cupertino company has not forgotten about the MacBook Air.

As part of its many announcements this week, Apple revealed that it will double the initial RAM of both the 13-inch M2-powered MacBook Air and the 13-inch MacBook Air M3. Currently, both versions of the MacBook Air have 8GB of RAM. This is the same as that found in the 15-inch MacBook Air M3.

Otherwise, there are no other changes to the laptops, including starting prices of $999 (M2) and $1,099 (M3). Both will also retain the 13.6” Liquid Retina display and two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports; the M3 version comes with a 512GB SSD for storage, which can be expanded to 2TB for an additional fee; the M2 SSD starts at 256GB.

Apple has not released any other information about the laptop, but the tech giant has speculated that the reason for the MacBook's significantly increased RAM may be to make available the new Apple Intelligence features announced for macOS Sequoia Apple Intelligence requires more power than the M3 and M2 CPUs alone can handle, but more RAM will make it easier.

Apple's version of artificial intelligence was not launched when Sequoia was launched in September 2024. However, Sequoia's upgrade system is slowly beginning to include those features. Including a writing tool that acts as an editor; further tools, including ChatGPT integration with Siri, should appear in macOS 15.2 in December.

The newly upgraded 13-inch MacBook Air M2 and M3 will be available soon, and the new Mac M4 is available for pre-order now and will begin shipping on November 8.