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Apple Prepares Major MacBook Pro Redesign With OLED, Touchscreen and No Notch

Apple may launch a redesigned MacBook Pro in October, possibly MacBook Ultra, with OLED, touch and no notch, per 9to5Mac.

AI News Feed · 2026-09-29 02:04

The most significant change would be an OLED display. 9to5Mac reports that OLED has been a mainstay on iPhone for years and that iPad Pro introduced a tandem OLED in 2024, a display technology many Mac users wanted. The redesigned MacBook Pro with OLED is expected to offer truer blacks, improved contrast and likely better battery life. The report says the hope is that the new display can match the tandem OLED that iPad offers.

A touchscreen would also come to the Mac for the first time. Apple has long argued that the Mac does not need a touchscreen even though competing products nearly all offer touch. Rumors now indicate the new MacBook Pro will have touch support, and macOS 27 already contains hints that the feature is coming, according to 9to5Mac. The report expects further software optimizations to make touch feel like a natural experience on the Mac. Even with touch available, macOS will remain tailored primarily for trackpad and keyboard input. Touch will be a secondary tool rather than a replacement for traditional input methods, supplementing them for users who have grown accustomed to touchscreens on iPhones, iPads and PCs.

The third change concerns the camera area. When Apple last redesigned the MacBook Pro in 2021, it introduced a notch design that first came to iPhone. The notch later spread to MacBook Air and became a fixture of modern Mac design. The new MacBook Pro will reportedly drop the notch in favor of a hole-punch camera cutout that likely resembles what has been seen on iPhone Duo. The Dynamic Island will also be brought over to macOS, allowing the camera cutout to integrate seamlessly on the Mac as it does on iPhone, the report says. 9to5Mac's writer describes the notch as more of an eyesore on the Mac than on iPhone and says the disappearance is welcome.

The report frames the redesign as addressing long-standing gaps in display technology and input on the Mac. It describes the October launch timing as expected, and it asks readers whether they plan to upgrade to the new MacBook Pro.