Apple is planning its most significant MacBook Pro redesign in years, with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reporting that 2026 models will finally add touchscreens and OLED displays. The company just released M5-powered MacBooks, but the real revolution is coming next year with M6 chips, iPhone-style cameras, and a premium price jump of several hundred dollars.
Apple just dropped its M5 MacBook Pro lineup this week, but the company's already plotting a much bigger shake-up for 2026. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman is back with fresh details about Apple's long-rumored touchscreen MacBooks, and this time he's got codenames, specs, and a timeline.
The 2026 MacBook Pro refresh represents Apple's biggest design shift since it killed the Touch Bar in 2021. According to Gurman's sources, the new machines will pack OLED displays, touchscreen functionality, and a dramatically thinner profile. The company's been working on this redesign for years, but OLED supply issues pushed the launch from late 2025 into 2026.
Apple's finally ready to break its no-touchscreen rule for Macs. While Windows laptops have offered touch displays for over a decade, Apple stubbornly resisted, instead experimenting with the ill-fated Touch Bar from 2016 to 2021. "We think Mac users want to use their keyboards and trackpads," Tim Cook said back in 2012. That philosophy's about to change.
The new MacBooks will run on M6 series processors and sport what Gurman calls a "hole-punch style integrated webcam" - basically bringing the iPhone's Dynamic Island concept to Mac. The current MacBook Pro's chunky notch will shrink to a small cutout similar to what you'd find on modern smartphones. Apple's also reinforcing the hinges to handle constant touch interaction without wobbling or shifting during use.
Behind the scenes, Apple's engineers are working with codenames K114 and K116 for the new models. The OLED technology will deliver deeper blacks and more vibrant colors than current Liquid Retina displays, while the thinner chassis suggests Apple's found ways to pack more performance into less space.
The timing puts Apple in direct competition with Microsoft's Surface lineup and premium Windows ultrabooks that have offered touch functionality for years. But Apple's betting its integrated hardware-software approach will create a more polished experience than what's currently available on Windows machines.
