Time will tell if Apple’s ratings stand up to real-world use. But what if you aren't Thankfully, there are a few quick solutions when it comes to fixing MacBook Pro battery life, and this also applies for the MacBook Air and other models too. These gains are no doubt thanks to the M1’s 8-core design featuring 4 high-efficiency and 4 high-performance cores and how Apple is able to now fine-tune macOS Big Sur with the brand-new hardware. Depending on whether you go with an Intel model or the newer M1 13-inch MacBook Pro, you should get between 10 to 17 hours of battery life.
With Apple Silicon, the company’s notebooks look set to get a massive upgrade in battery life thanks to much more efficient hardware (and software).Īpple revealed during its November event that the MacBook Air with the M1 chip is rated for 15 hours of wireless web use and 18 hours of video playback.Īnd even more impressive, the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Apple Silicon is rated for 17 hours of wireless web and wild 20 hours of video playback. However, that’s usually in best-case scenario conditions with 6-8 hours often being more realistic, especially as the notebooks age. Until now, Apple has given battery life ratings of about 10-12 hours for most of its MacBooks. your MacBook Pro more frequently, then your battery may have exhausted its life and you may need to replace it. Until now, Apple has given battery life ratings of about 10-12 hours for most of its MacBooks. Here’s what Apple is rating battery runtime for the new MacBook Air and Pro. Now at macOS 10.15.
Beyond processor and graphics performance, Apple says battery performance is seeing massive improvements giving them the “longest battery life ever in a Mac.” Here’s what Apple is rating battery runtime for the new MacBook Air and Pro. Apple‘s upcoming MacBook Pro update will allow user’s to get more out of their laptop’s battery life. In fact, after following the instructions (fully charge and deplete the brand new battery 3x) to the letter, I find that Im working with only about 2 hours of battery life whereas the Apple original battery tended to give me 3-3.5 hours on a full charge. As Apple launched its new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro powered by its M1 custom Apple Silicon, we learned about the big performance gains to expect. Its not, by any means, an extended battery.