The M6 MacBook Could Finally Get an OLED Touchscreen

This year’s MacBook Pro update seemed more subdued compared to years past. Apple has been making less noise than usual about its new M5 product range with a new 14-inch MacBook Pro model. If you want to believe the latest leaks, you should probably hold off for at least another year. The big MacBook Pro redesign could give Mac fans everything they’ve wanted since Apple switched to M-series chips. Yes, that includes the long-promised OLED display, a touchscreen, and a new design that finally returns the Notch to the pits of hell from whence it came.

You can already guess who will reveal the details in the next MacBook update. Bloomberg leaker Apple CEO Mark Gurman cited his usual list of anonymous sources when he claimed that the M6 ​​MacBook Pro will arrive sometime in late 2026 or early 2027. The current 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro is being sold alongside the M4 Pro and M4 Max MacBook from last year. Based on previous leaks, we expect Apple to file its high-end M5 chipset early next year.

Although we can already guess that the M6 ​​will have better performance than the M5, the next-generation MacBook could finally offer an organic light-emitting diode display. This type of display uses a self-emitting material that provides deeper “ink” blacks and better contrast than traditional LCD displays. Apple calls the OLED displays in its latest iPhones “Super Retina

The icing on the cake could be that Apple finally offers a touchscreen on the MacBook Pro. Gorman suggested that the PC would not be convertibles, that is, those devices whose screens can twist at a 90-degree angle to act as a kind of tablet. Instead, it will be your usual touchscreen laptop, complete with the usual trackpad. Apple has long resisted putting a touchscreen on Macs, believing the iPad has that style of control. However, now that iPadOS 26 finally allows floating windows for improved multitasking performance, the lines between tablet and MacBook are starting to blur. Apple’s current CEO, Tim Cook, once likened touchscreens in laptops to the convergence of a “toaster and a refrigerator.” I guess we shouldn’t tell him about that touchscreen toaster that my colleague James Perot recently reviewed.

Not only could the screen look better, but it could also sport features that I and other users have been begging Apple to include for years. Current MacBook displays have a “notch” surrounding the webcam facing the user. The next Mac may push the display from edge to edge and replace it with something closer to the iPhone’s Dynamic Island. This feature pops up with notifications and other useful information depending on which app is running in the background, like timers or Uber pickup times.

Both 14- and 16-inch MacBooks can get these upgrades, according to Gorman. Apple will likely increase the prices of its M6 MacBooks to compensate for the more expensive screen type. The current MacBook Pro uses a Mini LED format, which Apple calls Liquid Retina XDR. The current base model M5 MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage starts at $1,600.

The last few MacBook updates have left us with machines that perform better every year, but without any changes on their packaging, it’s hard to argue that anyone should bother upgrading to the latest model if they’re still using an M-series MacBook. Apple may be saving the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips for early 2026 alongside the new M5 MacBook Air. If the company is still apprehensive about a touchscreen Mac, perhaps the company should take another stab at the wonky Touch Bar on the 13-inch MacBook Pro, as if we needed a reminder why you shouldn’t do that again.