Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple has reworked the laptop's internals to cut weight, alongside a first-ever OLED panel and touch input, with a launch expected around October or November 2026; Apple has not confirmed it.
Apple is reportedly preparing one of the most extensive MacBook Pro redesigns in years, with a lighter body, an OLED screen and touch input all said to be on the way. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, writing in his Power On newsletter, says the company has re-engineered the laptop's interior, miniaturising certain parts and rearranging others. The aim is to cut weight substantially and make the machine easier to carry, while keeping it at the premium end of Apple's range. Separate reports suggest the chassis will also get thinner, which would leave the next models both slimmer and noticeably lighter than the current ones.
OLED display and touch support would be firsts for the Mac
The new laptops are also expected to be the first MacBook Pros with an OLED panel, a technology generally associated with sharper contrast and deeper blacks than the displays used today. Touch support would be an even bigger departure. Until now, touch input on Apple hardware has been confined to the iPhone and iPad, so bringing it to the Mac would change how the laptop line is used. Gurman says Apple is modifying its Mac software, referred to in the report as macOS Golden Gate, to handle touch input as well as the Dynamic Island, the interactive display cutout familiar from recent iPhones.
On performance, the reports point to Apple's M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, which would place the machines at the top of the company's laptop line-up. They are said to be undergoing testing with macOS 27.2 and could sit above the existing MacBook Pro models as more premium options. Apple has not confirmed a launch date, but the laptops are expected to arrive around October or November 2026.
iPad mini and a changing design team
Apple is also expected to introduce an OLED iPad mini between late October and November. The tablet is tipped to come with a better display, a faster chip and a landscape-oriented FaceTime camera.
The redesign arrives at an interesting moment for Apple's design organisation. According to Bloomberg, CEO John Ternus is taking a far more hands-on role in product design, spending considerable time with the industrial design and human interface teams. He is said to be visiting the design studio several times a week, at times more than once a day, as he works to rebuild the team's influence inside the company.
As with most pre-launch coverage, none of these details has been confirmed by Apple. Specifications, chip choices and timing could still change before any official announcement, so they are best treated as expectations rather than final specifications.
