Apple might launch updated MacBook Pro with OLED Display in 2026

After the launch of the MacBook Pro, powered by M4 chipset, Apple is planning to bring a major update with its next arrival. in 2026, the company might introduce the MacBook Pro with OLED display and thinner design.

In Short

• Apple might bring big changes to MacBook Pro in 2026
• It will feature an OLED display and thinner design
• The current MacBook Pro, launched in late October, sports mini-LED display

Last week, Apple unveiled a series of Mac products, including the MacBook Pro with an M4 chip. As expected, the new MacBook Pro 14 comes powered by the M4 chipset, although variants powered with the M4 Pro are also available. The company is now equipping even the base variant with the 16GB RAM. In India, the price of the MacBook Pro 14 starts from Rs 1,69,900, and the price of the MacBook Pro 16, with M4 Pro chipset, starts from Rs 2,49,900. But just after a few days, the speculation about the next-in-line MacBook Pro has started churning. In recent rumours, Apple is eyeing to bring big changes to the 2026 MacBook Pro.

MacBook Pro in 2026

The first anticipated upgrade is an OLED display. While earlier reports speculated that MacBook Pro models could adopt OLED technology by 2026. Additionally, analysts Ming-Chi Kuo and Ross Young recently also projected that the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros will likely stick with mini-LED displays through 2025.

Switching from mini-LED to OLED displays would bring several advantages, including greater brightness, a higher contrast ratio with deeper blacks and greys, better power efficiency for extended battery life, and potentially a thinner design for future MacBook Pro models.

The second anticipated change is a slimmer design. Earlier this year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that Apple is actively working on making the MacBook Pro thinner over the "next couple of years." According to Gurman, Apple’s goal is to achieve products that are the "thinnest and lightest" in their class across the tech industry. The recently launched MacBook Pro laptops have no design changes.

A brighter, more vibrant OLED display paired with a significantly slimmer design could offer a compelling upgrade, potentially encouraging current MacBook Pro users with Apple silicon models to consider upgrading.

M4 MacBook Pro

Apart from a more powerful chipset, there are not many changes in the MacBook Pro 2024. One big upgrade, however, is the RAM in the base variant. The M4 laptops get a minimum of 16GB RAM while the M4 Pro and M4 Max variants get 24GB RAM.

The MacBook Pro also gets the nano-texture display options, which too is something new for the Apple laptops because until now we have seen this option on its external displays. Another upgrade is in the built-in USB-C ports. Now they support Thunderbolt 5, which enables transfer speed of up to 120GB/s.

As it launches the new MacBooks, Apple is also highlighting the Apple Intelligence features, which are powered by a combination of generative AI systems like ChatGPT and Apple's own in-house LLM. The Apple Intelligence is part of macOS Sequoia 15.1 although users in different countries and different regions may not get all the AI features at the same time. The Apple Intelligence suite remains a work in progress.