Based on Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, 2027 might be a giant yr for Apple, with a few dramatic new iPhone designs, good glasses, AI servers and Apple Intelligence developments, camera-equipped wearables, and a tabletop robotic. Nevertheless it’s the yr after that once we could lastly see a product a whole lot of Apple clients have been asking for.
Gurman reported that Apple is engaged on a “product that may cross a foldable iPad with a touch-screen Mac” that might be revealed in 2028. That’s the one factor Gurman says concerning the product, however based mostly on previous experiences, we are able to piece collectively what this machine is thus far.
The most important hurdle to a touchscreen Mac is the macOS person interface, which isn’t designed with contact targets in thoughts. Nevertheless, it’s been reported that at WWDC this June, Apple will introduce main interface modifications in macOS 16. These modifications will reportedly take cues from visionOS, which can probably make the UI much less cursor-centric. It’s additionally rumored that iPadOS 19 will turn out to be extra Mac-like with multitasking and window administration. So if this 2028 machine is to be a hybrid Mac-iPad, WWDC might be the place all of it begins.
As for the {hardware} itself, Gurman reported over two years in the past that Apple was making ready a touchscreen Mac to be launched in 2025. Since Gurman’s newest report is wanting particulars, it’s not recognized if that 2023 venture is similar one Gurman now tasks for a 2028 launch. And simply over a yr in the past, Apple was granted a patent for a tool that describes a Magic Keyboard-like pill accent, however inside the patent have been illustrations of a pill with a macOS-like interface. There have additionally been quite a few rumors a few folding iPad.
So it’s clear that Apple has been engaged on this venture for some time, and based mostly on Gurman’s description right here and previous developments, it might be some time longer earlier than it arrives. Nevertheless, Apple additionally has massive plans for the MacBook in 2026, which embody a show improve to OLED, a 2nm M6 chip, and a thinner design.
