Apple's fall Mac updates will include a brand new entry-level MacBook Pro, but there are other alterations in the pipeline coming relatively soon, like a revised MacBook Neo and a speed-boosted MacBook Air.

Apple's fall releases tend to include a number of Mac and MacBook launches alongside the usual iPhones. For 2026, Apple is preparing a very AI-forward refresh of its catalog, starting this fall.

According to Bloomberg on Wednesday, Apple's refreshes are all to capitalize on the demand for more powerful notebooks, all thanks to AI. That apparently means Apple's bringing out new versions of every Mac model it sells in the next year.

The initial batch of changes will be this fall, with a big one being a new low-end 14-inch MacBook Pro.

The model is said to be one of the first Macs to use the M6 chip. Coincidentally, the M6 is forecast to be short-cycled, and largely be skipped in favor of the AI-focused M7 chips.

The entry-level MacBook Pro is codenamed J804.

Mark Gurman writes that the new MacBook Pro line for the fall will come out either in late 2026 or early 2027 with one twist. The repeatedly rumored OLED display and touchscreen.

One oddity for the models, codenamed K114 and K116, is that they are expected to use the same M5 Pro and M5 Max chips as the current models, but with a new design. Updates with new M7 Pro and Max chips are thought to come out a year later, at the end of 2027 or early 2028.

A new Neo

As for future launches, the report claims there's a refreshed MacBook Neo in development. Apple has been testing a version using an updated A19 chip with more memory. A19 has 12GB of RAM, and a faster single-core processor speed than A18 Pro does.

The current model runs on the A18 Pro, but it seems that the popularity of the model may exhaust Apple's remaining stockpile of the chip.

When it comes to performance, the A18 Pro in the MacBook Neo has a single-core Geekbench score of about 3,500, while the A19 gets to around 3,600. On the multi-core side, the scores are around 8,500 and 9,250, respectively.

That equates to a potential single-core improvement of around 3%, but there would be a significant multi-core bump of almost 9%, if Apple does change chips.

They won't be the only changes to the model. Apple's intentions with its periodic refresh of the popular MacBook are to introduce new colorways, giving more options for personalization.

MacBook Air modest upgrade in 2027, then a big one

Also coming soon is a new MacBook Air. The rumored code numbers for the new Air are J913, and J915.

An early 2027 refresh isn't expected to have a redesign, and just be an incremental one. A 2028 refresh is rumored to carry an OLED screen, like the highest-end MacBook Pro expected in the fall of 2026.

When it eventually ships, the updated MacBook Air should use an M7 chip.