A new leak says Apple's first-ever Mac with a touchscreen display is now "100% confirmed," days after a report that it was already in production testing and months from an expected release date.
Rumors of Apple's intention to bring touch to the Mac lineup have been rife for years. But they've coalesced in recent months, with a release window of late-2026 to early 2027 generally accepted to be most likely.
Now, in a surprise to nobody, supply chain leaker Instant Digital has posted to the Weibo social network to weigh in. According to them, "It's 100% confirmed that the MacBook screen will be touch-enabled."
If everything goes the way we've been told to expect, the so-called MacBook Ultra will also be the first OLED Apple laptop. Samsung Display is thought to be ready to produce 14.3- and 16.3-inch OLED panels for the unannounced laptop.
Getting touchy about laptops
Rumors of Apple's first touchscreen laptop are a staple of the Apple rumor mill right now. An Omdia report from just a week ago claimed that the MacBook Ultra could ship as soon as July 2026.
That timeframe seems unlikely, however. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has been banging the touchscreen Mac drum for longer than most, saying a late 2026 or early 2027 release is most likely back in August 2025.
More recently, Bloomberg's stance has been that the laptop may debut before the end of the year, but certainly not sooner.
At this point, there's little to suggest that an OLED MacBook Ultra isn't in the offing. And yes, it'll have a touchscreen, too.
