Redesigned OLED MacBook Pro on track to arrive this year, report claims
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In summary:
- Macworld reports that Apple’s redesigned MacBook Pro, featuring OLED displays and M6 chips, is expected to launch in the fourth quarter of 2026, not this year as initially suggested.
- Samsung Display will begin mass production of OLED panels in May, and Apple has reportedly redesigned components to reduce manufacturing costs for high-end displays.
- The OLED MacBook Pro will arrive in 14- and 16-inch models, while the upcoming M5 MacBook Pros won’t feature any design changes.
New MacBook Pro models could be here any day now, apparently just waiting for macOS 26.3 to roll out. But these new machines will be no different from their predecessors. They will have new M5 Pro/M5 Max chips, but the designs will be the same, the same.
If you’re hoping for a new look in 2026, there’s reason to hope. Apple is expected to follow the impending launch with something much more exciting: a redesigned MacBook Pro with an M6 chip and its first OLED display. (Perhaps with a touchscreen, although some rumors suggest touch input will only be supported on the M6 Pro and Max models.) And the latest report says we can expect this machine by the end of the year.
In a supply chain report this week based on anonymous industry sources, Korean-language site The Elec (via 9to5Mac) claims that Samsung Display, which will make the OLED panels for the redesigned MacBook, is expected to begin mass production in May: “Samsung Display has decided to begin mass production of glass substrates for its A6. [OLED production] line starting in May and shared the schedule with its partners,” the site writes via Google Translate.
The site further reports that the OLED MacBook Pro is “expected to release in the fourth quarter of this year” and will feature 14- and 16-inch models. If the OLED panels are well in hand, The Elec notes that certain other components are still under development. “Apple has gradually redesigned components to reduce manufacturing costs for the MacBook OLED,” the site says. “Reliability should also be tested before product launch. »
A Q4 launch timeline is consistent with what we’ve heard previously. Last month we covered another report that it would be there by the end of the year.
Apple’s fourth-quarter launches tend to cluster around October, when the new MacBook Air and Mac mini were announced in 2018, MacBook Pros were announced in 2021, and MacBook Pro and iMac models were announced in 2023; November and December launches are less common. But they are not unknown: the M1 chip was unveiled in November 2020. And of course, delays are also possible, so a release in early 2027 should not be ruled out.
For all the latest information as launch approaches, check out our regularly updated guide to the M6 touchscreen MacBook Pro.
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