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Apple is hosting its big fall event on September 9th, 2026, to announce its latest Apple Watches and iPhones, including, we expect, the company’s first foldable. This will also mark the first hardware release under new CEO John Ternus.

The touchscreen MacBook Pro is just a MacBook Pro with a touchscreen

It’s thinner, lighter, and has an incredible OLED display, but after all this time, the touchscreen feels like an afterthought.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Just a smidge thinner.

The new touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro’s redesigned chassis is only slightly thinner than the Mini LED model — especially comparing the 14-inchers, shown here. It’s when you pick them up that you really notice and can appreciate the lighter weight.

Your wallet will be much lighter too.

<em>The 14-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED Display (left) is 0.02 inches / 0.5mm thinner than the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 (right).</em>
<em>The 14-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED Display (left) and the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 (right).</em>
<em>You gotta love a light-up lid though.</em>
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The 14-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED Display (left) is 0.02 inches / 0.5mm thinner than the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 (right).
Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
“It doesn’t work.”

Now that Apple’s touchscreen MBP is here, let’s roll back to what Steve Jobs had to say about touch on laptops.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Swiping around on the new touchscreen MacBook Pro.

Antonio walks us through Apple’s PROLED laptop; check out our full first impressions right here.

Hands-on with the new OLED iPad MiniHands-on with the new OLED iPad Mini
First look
Antonio G. Di Benedetto and Jay Peters
Hands-on with Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro
First Look

Apple is finally tackling the challenge of ‘ergonomically terrible’ touchscreen laptops.

Terrence O'Brien and Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Touchscreen MacBook live blog: On the ground at Apple’s launch event

It’s time to see how Apple rethinks the Mac for touch support, years after criticizing touchscreen laptops.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Apple’s OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro could cost $2,899.

The company “has discussed” that price for the 14-inch, M5 Pro-equipped laptop it’s planning to announce at its “Pro and tell” event tomorrow, according to Bloomberg. That price would be a $400 premium over the M5 Pro MBP that’s on sale now.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
New Macs could drop on November 6th.

According to Mark Gurman, Apple’s retail stores are planning a “reset” on the evening of November 5th into Friday the 6th. Generally, that means new signage and demo devices indicating that it could be the on-sale date for the M6 iMac, touchscreen MacBook Pro, and OLED iPad mini rumored to be announced later this month.

Watch Apple’s reveal video for the HomeViewWatch Apple’s reveal video for the HomeView
Jay Peters and Stevie Bonifield
How Apple can win the smart homeHow Apple can win the smart home
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Apple’s HomeView reportedly won’t have an App Store.

A last-minute report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Apple’s smart home hub will be called HomeView, not HomePad and will ship in mid november. He says it won’t be an iPad-like experience with an App Store, and will offer a much more limited experience.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Apple may have filed to trademark the word “HomeView.”

Apple potentially used a shell company named Home Services LLC to secretly file for a “HomeView” trademark in the U.S. and various other countries last year, around the same time that another shell company named Home Operations Suite LLC that also might be linked to Apple filed for a “homeOS” trademark.

Perhaps the phrase is for something that will be announced at the October 13th “Welcome home” event? At least we don’t have to wait too long to find out.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Using iPhone Handoff will cost $5 per month on T-Mobile.

The new iPhone Handoff feature lets you use a secondary iPhone simultaneously with your T-Mobile number but comes with an extra monthly fee, according to a T-Mobile press release. The feature will work with any iPhone on iOS 27.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
macOS 27 Golden Gate, like iOS 27, will be available on September 14th.

Apple’s website now shows the release date for the next major macOS update, which includes features like Siri AI, Liquid Glass refinements, and fixed window corners.

iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 will launch on September 14th, too.

A message on Apple’s website. It reads: “macOS 27 Golden Gate Introducing Siri AI. Truly helpful. Truly yours. macOS 27 Golden Gate available starting 9.14. Siri AI is rolling out in English.“
Here’s the message on Apple’s website.
Image: Apple
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Here’s Apple’s iPhone Duo design guidance for app developers.

It’s an interesting video that gives you a better idea of how apps might look on the device. I really like all the different ways apps can appear based on the “pose” of the Duo, and I hope a lot of developers do the right things to make that all work. Apps that aren’t updated for iOS 27 SDK might look a little wonky, though.