Overview
- Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports Apple is developing a touch-enabled MacBook Pro targeted for late 2026, with touch presented as an optional convenience rather than the primary interface.
- macOS is expected to receive limited touch accommodations, aided by the larger interface elements introduced with the Liquid Glass redesign.
- The OLED and touch upgrades are reportedly planned for higher-end M6 Pro and M6 Max models, with the base M6 MacBook Pro not slated to get the redesign.
- Apple executives reportedly view a unified Mac–iPad device as a risk to about $61.7 billion in combined annual revenue, reinforcing a keyboard and trackpad-first approach.
- Related roadmap updates point to a large foldable iPad slipping toward the latter part of the decade, the next iPad Pro expected in spring 2027, and a MacBook Air OLED redesign around 2028.