Scott Stein/CNET That new Liquid Retina XDR display is awesome (but only on the 12-inch model) Watching movies in the dark is pretty fantastic with the Liquid Retina XDR's mini LED display. The concept of lidar doesn't change here, but the horsepower to use it for AR has increased. But the depth range for the rear lidar sensor is still the same: about 5 meters. Augmented reality is one of Apple's big focuses for the future, and this iPad Pro with its M1 chip is now the most powerful AR/scanning device in Apple's arsenal. Processing really large models with a million polygons still took about a minute or so, but the iPad Pro didn't seem to heat up or sweat the extra work as much as the 2020 model did last year. I ran some 3D scanning apps on the iPad Pro, using the iPad Pro's lidar and cameras to create a 3D model of my porch or backyard playground and drop them back in with AR. On a Mac, I can open tons of tabs on Safari and easily see how the M1 lets it run without even a whisper (or the Mac heating up). But it's hard to tell how deep that power runs. Leaping between apps seems to take no time at all, and apps hold their position without losing their memory. That’s a huge improvement compared with Apple’s older models - at its best, my last Intel MacBook Pro topped out at around seven hours - and it’s slightly better than the M1 model’s battery.Using it, navigation and app launches feel lightning-quick.
I’ve been able to use the M2 MacBook Air for upward of 10 hours during busy work days and still have enough power to last through the following morning. Maybe the biggest benefit of Apple’s shift to its own processors is how much longer its laptops can run off a single charge. Thankfully, Apple bumped up the quality significantly this time around, meaning you won’t look like a blurry, pixely mess on your next Zoom call. The previous MacBook Air had a notoriously lousy webcam, which stung even more because Apple released the laptop when people were getting used to sheltering in place because of the coronavirus.
(That means it’s easier to squeeze even more stuff onto the display at once.) And while it isn’t as fancy as the screens found in last year’s updated MacBook Pros, this one is a little brighter than the one found in the previous model.
At 13.6 inches diagonal, this “Liquid Retina” display is the biggest screen Apple has ever crammed into an ultra-portable laptop.
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