The MacBook Pro Refresh of next year could repair the heaviest function of the screen

Since Apple published its iPhone 14 Pro in 2022, Apple had the response to the worst absolute element of the MacBook screens today. And yet, the formidable “notch” remained. The notch that hangs just below the upper wallpaper, encompassing webcam cutting, is like a stalactite suspended in a precarious manner above the main screen. The next MacBook Pro Refresh could finally see Apple exploding its chisel to remove the notch while it is preparing for its most important laptop refreshment of the last half-receiver.
The OMDIA market analyst company, reported for the first time by Digitimes Asia (via 9TO5MAC), made the great assertion that Apple would finally offer us a MacBook Pro OLED in 2026. This type of screen uses a diode emitting organic light compared to backlit LEDs of a typical LCD panel. This allows deep colors and blacks “ink” often launched. Samsung could be Apple Taps to bring Oled to its long line of laptops. We still do not know if they will receive the tandem found on the iPad Pro M4. Samsung was previously used to make screens for 11 -inch iPad pros. The news was supported by the agreement on the Korean information site, which mentioned that laptops could be revealed towards the end of 2026.
The current MacBook Pro models such as the 14 and 16 inch from 2024 use a mini LED screen that Apple calls Liquid Retina XDR. What can be more important for long -standing Mac fans is the mention to go from the notch to a “pill -shaped cutting”. If you have used one of the recent iPhones, you will know that it recalls the dynamic island surrounding the front camera. I hear about the pill cutting since the end of 2024, and I am on my knees, praying that the rumor is true.
Although some Apple fans shot Dynamic Island when it was released in 2022, it became a renowned element on iPhone thanks to more application support. The cutting develops according to the current application in the background. This can offer fast steering updates in Google Maps or access to your songs by playing in Apple music. There is no Word of Omdia if this pill -shaped cut can develop or contract. Apple was put pressure for more iPhone integration on MacBooks with the phone mirror function in MacOS Sequoia. This is developing with MacOS 26 Tahoe to include “live activities”. This feature shows you your telephone notifications on your lock screen.
Apple software updates can give the company more momentum to modify its Mac screens. The most controversial visual update of the Mac Maker over the years is the redesign of liquid glass, making the Mac menu bar fully transparent instead of the gray opaque bar of the iterations of the previous operating system. The notch will be even more obtuse on MacOS 26 than any previous version.
Apple had previously positioned its professional level refreshment for the fall. In June, Mark Gurman de Bloomberg reported that Apple would push his next MacBook Pros at 2026. The laptops updated could arrive in the first half with the M5 chips, the rest of the most recent Silicon of Apple, the M4. While we can hope that Apple launches two MacBook Pros in a single year, as he did in 2023, Gurman suggested that the OLED model was moved until 2027.
We hear about the OLED model supposed for years now. We must therefore remain skeptical about any final release date of the MacBook OLED, as much as we can be Jonesing for that. Year after year, the MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air Sport have updated fleas and some additional capacities, such as an additional external monitor support. Each refreshment is less impressive than the previous one. They have the same rectangular shell, the same thin magic keyboard and the same screen. A modernized MacBook cannot come early enough.
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