New MacBook Air and MacBook Pro still have 720p camera, but Apple promises better M1 quality

At today’s event, where Apple unveiled the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models, mention was made of a new image signal processor for the camera, which brings improvements to the quality of the camera.

However, Apple hasn’t added any new camera hardware to both machines, and the tech spec pages continue to list the same 720p camera used in previous generation models.

The quality of the camera, especially in the “MacBook Air,” is something Mac owners have complained about for years. Apple has gone through many generations of the “MacBook Air” without adding new camera hardware.

Apple claims the M1 chip improves the quality of the MacBook’s camera with better noise reduction, greater dynamic range, improved auto white balance, and ML-enhanced face detection so that users “are on the lookout for it.” their best during video calls ”, but we’ll have to wait and see the camera tested to see if there is any noticeable difference between this model and the previous model.