The next MacBook Air could be the first model to sport an M5 processor.
When consumers will see the debut of M5-based devices from Apple is coming into focus, and the shift will likely start with Apple’s MacBook Pro lineup.
A new report from Bloomberg suggests that Apple will start releasing Macs with the M5 processor beginning in the fall of 2025. Ahead of that, the company is expected to launch M4-based MacBook Air models as soon as March, followed by M4 updates to the Mac Studio and Mac Pro.
Those latter products seem likely to be announced around the time of Apple’s WWDC event in June. Following that event, the transition to the M5 chip will likely begin in the fall.
Also according to the report, the M5 will come to new MacBook Pro models expected in the fall of 2025. The last two MacBook Pro updates have been in the October and November timeframe, so the timing works out.
The M5 is expected to come to the iPad Pro sometime in late 2025 or early 2026.
Other Mac models are likely receive the M5 updates as part of their normal release cycles. This would make the Mac mini and iMac possible to see M5 upgrades before the end of 2025.
The Mac-first emphasis marks a change from the way the M4 cycle was handled, with that chip first debuting in the iPad Pro before coming to the Mac lineup. The M5 is also likely to power the next revision of the Apple Vision Pro.
