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Apple is also expected to bring that improved butterfly keyboard to the MacBook Air, according to Kuo. The analyst did not specify any other changes coming to the next MacBook Air, but like the current model, we can probably expect it to be a lighter, slightly less expensive alternative to the MacBook Pro.

Kuo did not list a new MacBook Air as being one of the mini-LED products Apple is said to be developing, per MacRumors, so it's possible that this discrepancy will be one of the primary differences between the new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.

Apple is also reportedly planning to release new laptops in late 2020 or early 2021 that would run on the company's own custom-made processors rather than Intel's, according to Kuo as reported by MacRumors.

Apple is said to be working on its own processors for future laptops so that it can make the experience more uniform across devices and push out new features more quickly, as it does for the iPhone, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and iPad, according to Bloomberg. Kuo suggests that we'll see the first product to emerge from this efforts in late 2020 or early 2021, and it sounds like it will be separate from the other previously mentioned MacBook Pro and MacBook Air refresh.