Apple to debut touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED display on Wednesday

Apple is set to introduce a touchscreen version of its MacBook Pro on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. The new model will retain the current Pro design but will be lighter and incorporate a high-contrast OLED screen that supports touch gestures such as scrolling, pinching, and swiping. It will also include the Dynamic Island interface element first seen on iPhone models.

The touchscreen Pro is expected to be offered in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes and will be priced above the existing lineup, which starts at $2,499. Gurman noted that both CEO Tim Cook and senior vice president Craig Ternus believe customers now expect touch capability on Macs, although the industrial design team has treated touch as an optional feature rather than a primary input method.

Apple is adapting macOS (codenamed Golden Gate) to work more intuitively with finger input, while keeping the keyboard and trackpad as central controls. The launch will add a premium tier to the current MacBook Pro range, alongside the existing MacBook Neo, Air, and other models. Gurman added that an M6-powered version of the 14-inch Pro is slated for the announcement, and that successful adoption could lead to touch interfaces on other high-end Macs in the future.

"Customers have begun to expect touchscreen capabilities on Macs," Gurman wrote in his Power On newsletter.

Apple is also testing OLED displays for the MacBook Air and iMac, with a new OLED iMac expected shortly and a refreshed Air model planned for early next year.