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Apple Unveils Touchscreen MacBook Pro with macOS 27
Confirmed
In Short: Apple unveiled the new MacBook Pro with a PROLED XDR touch display, marking the first time a MacBook has featured a touchscreen.
Apple unveiled the new MacBook Pro with a PROLED XDR touch display, marking the first time a MacBook has featured a touchscreen.
The new MacBook Pro models, available in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes, were announced on October 28, 2026, with preorders beginning that day and customer arrivals starting on November 6, 2026.
According to 9to5Mac, the new MacBook Pro includes several optimizations for touch interactions, such as larger touch targets and pull-to-refresh functionality in Safari.
Nicolas Lellouche of Numerama shared additional details about the new MacBook Pro models, noting that the touchscreen is designed to complement, not replace, the keyboard and trackpad.
Johny Srouji, Apple’s chief hardware officer, praised PROLED XDR as 'the world’s best laptop display,' highlighting the new MacBook Pro's capabilities.
MacStories noted that the new MacBook Pro brings multitouch to the Mac without fundamentally altering the nature of a MacBook Pro.
The new MacBook Pro models are available in Canada starting at $3,999 CAD for the 14-inch model, positioning it above the M6 MacBook Pro which starts at $2,799 CAD.
What this adds
The new MacBook Pro models are optimized for touch interactions, but existing Mac apps can also work with touch right away due to macOS automatically translating touches into clicks.
The touchscreen feature opens up specialized workflows for designers, musicians, and developers, allowing for direct drawing, playing software instruments, and testing touch interactions in iPhone and iPad apps on the Mac.
The new MacBook Pro models are available in 30 countries and regions, including the U.S., through the online store and Apple Store app.
What's confirmed
- Apple just unveiled the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR, its first MacBook with a touch display.
What's still developing
- All in all, there’s a handful of optimizations already in macOS 27 Golden Gate for the touchscreen MacBook Pro.
- On top of what was named here, Apple also added pull to refresh in Safari and slightly larger spacing between menu bar items to all Macs with macOS 27.
- No need to try to replicate touch gestures on a trackpad.
- Some of this information has already surfaced, but he provided a useful summary: The new MacBook Pro models can be pre-ordered now and launch Friday, November 6.
- Apple on Wednesday unveiled new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with touch-enabled OLED displays, and more details about them continue to be shared by tech reporters who were invited to Apple's hands-on experience in Los Angeles.
- Of course, that interaction became even more common when Apple introduced the Magic Keyboard with trackpad for iPad Pro in 2020 : by that point, I was fully alternating between trackpad control and direct touch input on a tablet that allowed me to “rip off” the display and walk away with it whenever I wanted.
- Since I started using my MacBook Pro more earlier this year because of coding agents and AI apps, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve instinctively reached out to touch the screen, only to remember that, unlike with an iPad Pro, I can’t.
- Many existing Mac apps work with Touch right away because macOS automatically translates touches into clicks.
- Apple apps are optimized for the new MacBook Pro, while updated system gesture APIs let developers build experiences specifically for Touch.
- [[component: dont-miss]] KIND: dont_miss VALUE: Later this year RULE: The third-party apps listed will be available later this year WHY: Apple dates the listed apps to later this year, not to the November 6 arrival date [[/component]] Touch lets you sketch and annotate directly onscreen, using the display as a drawing canvas.
- The new MacBook Pro replaces the previous Liquid Retina XDR panel with Apple’s new PROLED XDR display, built around tandem OLED technology using two self-illuminating pixel layers.
- Steve Jobs was right about many things, but I’ve long disagreed with his take on the “terrible” ergonomics of touchscreen laptops.