Number of additional displays a Macbook Air 13 M4 can manage

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Number of additional displays a Macbook Air 13 M4 can manage

How many displays at once is a Macbook Air 13 M4 capable of managing? Have been seeing conflicting information suggesting that it can handle two additional screens PLUS the laptop display or that it can only do two external monitors with the laptop lid closed. (My preferred Win-PC configuration has been left-external / laptop / right external.)

Posted on Dec 3, 2025 5:14 PM

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D.I. Johnson

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Dec 3, 2025 5:19 PM in response to chrismorgan78

MacBook Air 13- and 15-inch with M4 Chip - Tech Specs - Apple

❝Display Support

Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors and:
Up to two external displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz
Thunderbolt 4 digital video output
Support for native DisplayPort 1.4 output over USB-C ❞

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Dec 4, 2025 9:44 AM in response to chrismorgan78

You probably saw some site that was talking about M3 MacBook Airs.

M1 & M2 MacBook Air - one external display, whether the lid is open or closed.

M3 MacBook Air - one external display with lid open; two with it closed. The chip still can only drive two active displays, but the machine can reallocate resources normally needed for the internal display when the lid is closed.

M4 MacBook Air - two external displays with the lid open.

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