Timing appears to be the determinate factor on Bluetooth specs, not price. The 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro, for example, used Bluetooth 5.0 while the updated version uses Bluetooth 5.3. The Bluetooth spec doesn’t seem to be something Apple uses to distinguish enter level and high end machines either.

For example, the M2 MacBook Air released last spring has Bluetooth 5.0, and the M2 Mac mini released last month has Bluetooth 5.3. This seems to depend on when the hardware was first released. Some base M2 chips are Bluetooth 5.0, and other base M2 chips are Bluetooth 5.3. Without being able to determine if this listing is for the next MacBook Air or Mac Pro, there’s still something interesting to discover. You can also find the current Bluetooth spec in the new MacBook Pro and Mac mini models released last month. With both the 15-inch MacBook Air and M-series Mac Pro expected between now and June, we can assume that this Bluetooth listing will be revealed to be for one of those products.Īpple already supports Bluetooth 5.3 in lots of recent hardware including the iPhone 14 family and AirPods Pro 2. Apple retroactively adds which products these filings are for after they launch. With these machines on the horizon, a new filing from Apple could tell us more about what to expect from the hardware.Īs noted by Joe Rossignol, Apple has filed a new listing for an upcoming Mac equipped with Bluetooth 5.3. Apple’s Mac pipeline for the rest of this year includes the first-ever 15-inch MacBook Air and long-awaited Mac Pro with Apple Silicon.

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