Apple’s touchscreen MacBooks may also have a dynamic island

Apple’s OLED touch-enabled MacBook Pros are scheduled to launch this fall, and will get a Dynamic Island feature like what’s available on iPhones. according to Bloomberg Mark Gorman. Apple debuted Dynamic Island with iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max As a pill-shaped cutout it can display information and alerts, although the MacBook Pro’s dynamic island will be “smaller” than what’s available on current iPhones.

Gorman says the new MacBook Pros, which will come in 14-inch and 16-inch screen sizes, look “similar” to existing models, but Apple will update the Mac user interface to make it “dynamic” and works better with either touch or point-and-click. “For example, if users touch a button or control, the interface will display a new type of menu surrounding their finger that provides more relevant options for touch commands,” Gorman says.

Apple has long resisted bringing touchscreens to Macs, with Steve Jobs saying that “touch surfaces don’t want to be vertical” and that touchscreens on Macs would be “ergonomically terrible.” At the October 2010 event – A few months after Apple launched the first iPad. But Apple is now actively promoting the iPad as a touch tablet and a device you can use with it Mac-like keyboard.

Gorman reported In 2023 Apple has been thinking about making Macs with a touch screen, and it looks like it won’t be much longer until it becomes a reality. Gorman says the new touch-enabled Macs won’t be announced as part of anything the company plans to unveil anytime soon The event is planned for March 4 Instead, it is scheduled for release “closer to the end of 2026.”

Apple also plans to introduce a smaller dynamic island in the iPhone 18 and iPhone 18 Pro Max, according to Gorman.