M3 chip shows as M2 after Sonoma 14.1.1 update

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After updating to Sonoma 14.1.1, ‘About This Mac’ says my chip is M2 - should be M3. 15-inch M3 MacBook Air 16GB memory. What’s happening?

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[Corrected] There’s a MacBook Air with an M3 chip? Apple only lists M2 MacBook Airs. The only product lines that currently have the M3 are the MacBook Pro and iMac.

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Don’t forget the 2023 iMac M3…

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As others have said, it truly is M2 if it is a 15” MacBook Air. There are no M3 MacBook Air models yet.

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I have to apologize—I was moving quickly and found this in the moderation queue, and I think it was from a while back. I was more puzzling over why Discourse hadn’t shown it to me before and didn’t really read the post.

I’m wondering if Ken just had an off-by-one moment, and his 15-inch M2 MacBook Air was showing as an M1.

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Yes, my mistake. My 15-inch MacBook Air always was and is an M2 model. Thank you for your response.