Apple's first touchscreen MacBook could arrive with the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips

Apple’s touchscreen MacBook will reportedly come out with the M5 Pro and M5 Max instead of waiting for the M7 generation, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The 14-inch and 16-inch versions of the laptops could come as soon as between the end of 2026 and early 2027, which lines up with previous timelines he’s reported.

This news is interesting because Apple is reported to be skipping over the M6 Pro and M6 Max entirely, moving straight from M5 to M7 for its high-end laptop chips. The touchscreen MacBook was originally presumed to be an M7 product, but Gurman’s sources say that Apple pushed the model forward to run on the M5 Pro and M5 Max released earlier this year.

Beyond just a touchscreen, the MacBook Pro will reportedly have a Dynamic Island, the pill-shaped cutout interface that Apple debuted on the iPhone 14 Pro back in 2022 and has slowly rolled out across its entire phone lineup since then (it will likely function similarly to how Dynamic Island works on an iPhone).

In addition, the laptop is said to include an OLED panel, and it will apparently get a fresh design, too. M7 versions of the touchscreen MacBook are already in “advanced testing,” says Gurman’s sources, and could arrive by the end of 2027.

Apple is also said to be introducing its basic M7 chip in early 2027 before the M7 Pro and M7 Max follow some months later. The M7 Ultra will come in 2028. The Cupertino-based company has not commented on any of these plans. All details are based on Bloomberg’s reporting.