Apple will launch its first MacBook Professional fashions with OLED shows in late 2026, in response to a brand new report out of Korea discussing the provision of OLED panels.
Dealsite.co.kr stories that Samsung Show would be the sole provider of OLED panels for the brand new MacBook Professional fashions, because of its heavy funding in Gen 8.6 OLED manufacturing strains.
Gen 8.6 strains use bigger glass substrates conducive with laptop computer and monitor panels, and mix oxide TFT expertise for low energy consumption and scalability, whereas decreasing manufacturing prices. The funding means Samsung is predicted to comfortably meet Apple’s demand subsequent yr for OLED MacBook panels.
A number of earlier rumors have indicated that Apple is growing MacBook Professional fashions with OLED shows. Final month, Omdia doubled down on its 2026 timeframe for the primary MacBook fashions with OLED shows. That report didn’t point out the “Professional” moniker, however it’s extensively anticipated that OLED shows will debut in Apple’s higher-end MacBook Professional fashions earlier than coming to MacBook Air fashions.
When the MacBook Professional strikes from mini-LED to OLED show expertise, it’s going to acquire a number of benefits – brighter screens, deeper blacks with larger distinction, improved energy effectivity that may lengthen battery life, and different enhancements.
The change to OLED is predicted to accompany the MacBook Professional’s first main redesign since 2021. Apple is reportedly specializing in delivering the thinnest possible device with out compromising on battery life or main new options.
It has additionally been reported that the OLED MacBook Professional might characteristic a pill-shaped or hole-punch cutout within the show as an alternative of a notch. This rumor is from December 2024, so it’s unclear if it stays correct, or if the change stays on Apple’s roadmap.
Final month, some uncertainty emerged round whether or not the primary OLED MacBook Professional would launch in 2026, after Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported – with out providing a motive – that Apple would not plan to replace any Macs with M5 chips in 2025. Nevertheless, Gurman famous that the timeline continues to be topic to alter.
The present M4, M4 Professional, and M4 Max MacBook Professional fashions have been introduced in October 2024 and launched in November 2024, so pushing the M5 fashions again to 2026 would see Apple skipping a yearly refresh.
If Apple deliberate to launch the M5 MacBook Professional fashions in 2026, that would see the OLED mannequin pushed to 2027. Alternatively, Apple might debut the M5 MacBook Professional in early 2026 and the OLED model with M6 chips in late 2026, however that may be uncommon. Gurman has up to now saved quiet on whether or not the redesigned OLED MacBook Professional timeline has shifted as properly, however hopefully there’s an replace coming from him quickly that may corroborate this spectacle report.