Apple’s first OLED MacBook Pro, set to enter mass production next year, will feature a touch screen display, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
In his latest post on X (Twitter), Kuo writes that Apple’s much-rumored OLED MacBook Pro will incorporate a touch panel using on-cell touch technology.
Kuo says that the shift “appears to reflect Apple’s long-term observation of iPad user behavior, indicating that in certain scenarios, touch controls can enhance both productivity and the overall user experience.”
Unsurprisingly, the analyst believes that the recently rumored low-cost MacBook, slated for mass production in the fourth quarter of this year, will not feature a touch panel, though specifications for a second-generation model could include touch support. Kuo anticipates the second-gen affordable MacBook model to arrive in 2027.
According to a recent report by Korea’s The Elec, Samsung will supply the OLED displays for the 2026 MacBook Pro, which is also expected to feature Apple’s M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.
It was previously rumored that MacBook Pro models with M5 chips would launch in late 2025. In July, however, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported that Apple was “considering” pushing back the release of the next MacBook Pro models with the M5 series of chips until 2026.
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