MacBook Pro Now Features Up to 24 Hours Battery Life—Longest Ever in a Mac

[MacRumors]

Apple's new MacBook Pro models feature longer battery life thanks to the efficiency enhancements of the M4 family of chips, with some models and configurations reaching up to 24 hours—the longest ever offered in a Mac.

The biggest improvements come to models configured with either the M4 or M4 Pro chip, with M4 Max models seeing either the same or slightly worse battery life than their predecessors. The battery life of the latest MacBook Pro models compared to models from the past three years are listed below:

16-Inch MacBook Pro Battery Life

	M1 (2021)	M2 (2022)	M3 (2023)	M4 (2024)
Pro	21 hours	22 hours	22 hours	24 hours
Max	21 hours	22 hours	22 hours	21 hours

13- and 14-Inch MacBook Pro Battery Life

	M1 (2020–2021)	M2 (2022)	M3 (2023)	M4 (2024)
(Standard)	20 hours	[N/A]	22 hours	24 hours
Pro	17 hours	18 hours	18 hours	22 hours
Max	17 hours	18 hours	18 hours	18 hours

The new MacBook Pro models are available to pre-order starting today and they will be available beginning Friday, November 8. Pricing starts at $1,599 for the 14-inch model and $2,499 for the 16-inch model.

Article Link: MacBook Pro Now Features Up to 24 Hours Battery Life—Longest Ever in a Mac

 

[abatabia]

Honestly this had been a great week for the Mac.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

PC World magazine:

“MacBook Pro has too many hours! Find out why in our latest scoop!”

 

[cczhu]

Why does 16 inch M4 Max has 1 hour less battery life than M3 Max, while M4 Pro gets 2 hours more than the previous generation?

Apple likes us to make trade-offs

 

[jabbr]

This is very misleading as it's only referencing video playback hours. You need to look at the wireless-web metric to get a more realistic expectation

 

[JPack]

Not quite due to M4 efficiency.

The battery went up from 70 Whr on the M3 models to 72.4 Whr on M4.

 

[kiensoy]

Still the same ugly and unnecessarily huge notch.

 

[ctjack]

The best update occurred to 14 inch models: going from 17h to 22h should be huge.

 

[hoodlum90]

The best update occurred to 14 inch models: going from 17h to 22h should be huge.

Nice! I wonder if any improvement was made to the speakers on the 14"

 

[Unity451]

reaching up to 24 hours—the longest ever offered in a Mac.

aside from the fact that this claim is arguably self defeating, it's got to be an inside joke at this point to continually tag every new product with "...ever offered in a [Insert Apple Product]!"

 

[Saturn1217]

Now that the regular M4 has the same ports (I realize they aren't thunderbolt 5) and the same external display support as M4 Pro, I think I'll just for for that one for my next Macbook Pro purchase. No need to get more power than I need. And I'd love 24hr battery life.

 

[pksv]

Anyone with Max chip (no matter the series) will tell that 21, 22, or even 17 hours is a fairy tale. You'll never even come close to those values.

 

[DTphonehome]

Boy, when they say "all day battery life" they ain't kidding.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

This is very misleading as it's only referencing video playback hours. You need to look at the wireless-web metric to get a more realistic expectation

Not really, because wireless-web is just another synthetic test. For any humans that aren’t consistently doing the same thing over and over for 20+ hours, they’re going to see more than whatever these tests would show.

 

[platinumaqua]

I don’t think I’ve ever gotten to that rated battery life on my 2021 14 inch even when it was new

 

[platinumaqua]

Still the same ugly and unnecessarily huge notch.

I disabled the area next to the notch (edit: by selecting the resolution 1512x945 (HiDPI)). At least with mini LED, the section is not lit so not visible day to day

 

[vertsix]

This is honestly underrated. The previous ones already have incredible battery life, and now they're even more incredible. The competition is so far behind on this.

 

[Anaxarxes]

Still the same ugly and unnecessarily huge notch.

sigh...

It's part of the screen that makes it 14". So the menu bar now is out of the screen real estate so you can have a large screen. Increasing the active area of screens = allowing for more screen real estate.

So you have more screen with a very similar footprint.

Still not convinced? Use dark mode.

 

[jabbr]

Not really, because wireless-web is just another synthetic test. For any humans that aren’t consistently doing the same thing over and over for 20+ hours, they’re going to see more than whatever these tests would show.

I imagine most people buying these machines don't plan on exclusively watching video all day. How is the wireless-web rating not a better real-world prediction for most users?

 

[pbau]

No FaceID?

 

[scrapesleon]

The battery life on the Mac is fine it’s the iPad that’s still on 10 hours battery life that needs changing

 

[Velli]

I don’t think I’ve ever gotten to that rated battery life on my 2021 14 inch even when it was new

I never checked. I charge my MacBook Air once a week, sometimes two.

 

[macduke]

It's too bad the M4 Pro in the MBP didn't get 64GB memory. It would've been the sweet spot in the lineup with 22 hours of battery life and a big chunk of RAM for longevity, especially since the M4 Pro seems to be a pretty good improvement. Even so, with 48GB, it's not bad for many professionals. That is some seriously crazy battery life. That being said, I work 10 hour days four days a week and when I've been on battery I have never run out. Got close once on a heavier multitasking day, but I'm not rendering video or anything crazy during my workday. Sometimes in my private use, but I'm always docked to multiple displays then.

My 14" M3 Max should last me a very long time. By the time I probably upgrade next, the M9 should be out, and that should be nearing 1nm node. Can't even imagine the battery life by then, but Apple might just cap it at 24 hours and start making the devices much thinner and lighter. That's actually fine by me.

 

[jimbobb24]

Still the same ugly and unnecessarily huge notch.

Wow thats crazy. I have been using an M2 Air with a notch for a year+ and I had forgotten there was a notch until I saw your comment. I had a look up and see ....my laptop has a notch. Apparently it doesnt bother me....

 

[deckard666]

Notches and 60hz refresh - things that no one but here and tech journos care about.