Recovery mode on macbook air m1

Hi Jsaliba,

Entering macOS Recovery has changed on Apple silicon, including your M1 MacBook Air. To enter macOS Recovery (Recovery Mode), follow these steps.

1. Shut down your MacBook Air.
2. Press and hold the power button (Touch ID) until the message "Loading startup options" appears.
3. When the Startup Options screen appears, choose Options and click Continue.

If your power button (Touch ID) is completely nonfunctional, unfortunately you won't be able to easily get into macOS Recovery. There may be other methods by which you could trip the system into automatically starting up to macOS Recovery.

Have you tried using an external USB keyboard to see if you can boot into recovery with that one?