The newly created MacBook Air comes with Apple’s new M2 processor. (Credit: Apple)

As part of the 2022 Global Developers Conference, Apple announced the launch of a new software service and two new laptops.

The week-long event kicked off yesterday with a virtual conference hosted by Apple executives, detailing the latest versions of iOS, macOS, and iPadOS.

Additionally, updates to Apple’s most popular laptops, the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, have been announced.

The 13.6-inch Air received the M2 chip, a new processor created by Apple. This claims that Apple is 1.4 times better than the M1. The chip features an 8-core CPU and a 10-core GPU, and at the conference Apple explained that it will deliver 38% faster “video editing performance” and 20% faster “image effects and filter performance.” % faster.

For the first time since Steve Jobs pulled the first MacBook Air out of a Manila envelope, the company ditched the famous wedge. However, the Air remains a sophisticated car, measuring just 11mm thick and weighing 1.3kg.

According to Apple, the battery lasts 20 hours and you can charge your laptop by returning the Apple MagSafe connector.

MacBook Air is available in four colors: Silver, Cosmic Grey, Midnight and Starlight.

The MacBook Air comes in four different colors and rejects wedge-shaped designs (credit: Apple)

The MacBook Air comes in four different colors and rejects wedge-shaped designs (credit: Apple)

According to Apple, the Air will arrive from £1,249 next month.

Meanwhile, the 13-inch MacBook Pro mentioned by Apple is “the second best-selling laptop in the world” after the Air also got the M2 chip.

The rest remains the same, Apple says that the new Pro will start at 491349.

Greg Yoswiack, Apple’s senior vice president of marketing, said:

The completely redesigned MacBook Air around the M2 features four beautiful colors, thinner, lighter, faster, a bigger screen, a better camera and all-day battery life.

“Only Apple Silicon can create a laptop this thin and light with this combination of performance and features, without a fan. The M2 also comes with a 13-inch MacBook Pro for incredible performance. With ProRes acceleration, up to 24GB of memory and Up to 20 hours of battery life, all of which make your most portable Pro laptop even better.