Apple continuously improves the iPhone's front-facing camera, but the company's laptop webcams seem frozen in time, somewhere deep in the last decade. The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern made a video comparing the webcam in the just-released MacBook Air against webcams in the Dell XPS 13, the Google Pixelbook Go, the Microsoft Surface Laptop 3, and her elderly 2010 MacBook Pro. The Surface Laptop 3 and especially the Pixelbook Go easily bested the MacBook Air, with the XPS 13 bringing up the rear. Even the 2010 MacBook Pro's 1280-by-1024 iSight camera performed better than the 2020 MacBook Air's 720p FaceTime HD camera (1280-by-720 resolution) in some circumstances. None of them hold a candle to an iPhone 11's front-facing TrueDepth camera, which provides a whopping 12 megapixels of resolution and can record 4K video at 60 frames per second.
Macbook Air Camera Quality
Why are laptop webcams still so bad? Laptop lids are much thinner than most phones and tablets, people don't tend to take selfies with a laptop, and hardware designers may assume that anyone who really cares will attach an external webcam. But with so many people now working and socializing via videoconferencing due to COVID-19 precautions and stay-at-home orders, we hope Apple improves its webcams for future laptop models. Besides, how are we going to get Face ID in a laptop without a TrueDepth camera system?
Made with better materials
- 100% recycled aluminum in the enclosure
- 100% recycled tin in the solder of the main logic board
- 35% or more recycled plastic in multiple components
- FaceTime is likely already installed on your MacBook Air. Use Spotlight Search (Command + Spacebar or click the magnifying glass at top right of your screen) and then type in FaceTime to see if you can find the app.
- Look at the comparison above between the MacBook Air and a Logitech C920 webcam I've had since 2012. Sure, that was a premium webcam when it was new, but it's now eight years old and it's.
- For your increasing number of daily video calls, the MacBook Air comes equipped with a total of three microphones and an HD webcam. In addition, the MacBook Air has a fingerprint reader for quick.
Smarter chemistry
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- Arsenic-free display glass
- Mercury-free LED-backlit display
- BFR-, PVC-, and beryllium-free
MacBook Air 2019 webcam The MacBook Air's 0.7-megapixel webcam proves that practically every laptop, even a $1,099 laptop from Apple, may disappoint you when it's time to take a Skype call.
Green manufacturing
- Final assembly supplier sites do not generate any waste sent to landfill6
- All final assembly suppliers are transitioning to 100% renewable energy for Apple production
Responsible packaging
- 100% of virgin wood fiber comes from responsibly managed forests
- Recyclable, majority-fiber packaging
Apple Trade In
Letting go of your old device is easy with Apple Trade In. If it's in good shape, you can trade it in for Apple Store credit. If it's not eligible for credit, we'll recycle it responsibly at no cost to you. Good for you. Good for the planet.
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Read the MacBook Air Environmental Reports for detailed information on these devices' environmental performance.
