A new MacBook Pro sporting an M5 chip is expected to arrive in the fall of 2025, but a case redesign will have to wait.
As has been the case for the past two years, the MacBook Pro will get another chip upgrade later this year, but will likely look the same overall as the M3 and M4 versions. A case revision is now expected to happen in late 2026, according to a new report from Bloomberg.
Apple is now anticipated to delay the release of an M5-based iPad Pro to around the same time frame. With the M4, the iPad model received the chip six months before it arrived on any Mac models.
Apple’s C1 modem — or an updated version with cellular capability — could arrive in 2026.
Speculation continues that a future MacBook Pro could gain the capability to use a cellular modem as well as supporting Wi-Fi connections. The company now appears to be updating the MacBook Pro on a yearly basis, as well as releasing new models in the second halfof the year now.
Apple’s introduction of its own C1 modem chip in the iPhone 16e could hint at future expansion of capabilities for its portable Mac line.
Big changes ahead
Previous reports have speculated that Apple will eventually integrate the C1 cellular modem or its successor directly into the company’s system-on-chip (SoC) processors. The C1 is currently only used for the iPhone 16e.
Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware technologies, said that Apple would “keep improving [the C1 modem] technology each generation, so that it becomes a platform for us that will be used to truly differentiate this technology for our products.”
Although the current C1 modem lacks mmWave support, it has already incorporated custom GPS and satellite connectivity. Those abilities have already proven incredibly helpful if users find that they cannot connect to tradtional mobile data networks for whatever reason.
In addition to the long-anticipated addition of a cellular-capable modem, the 2026 MacBook Pro’s anticipated redesign could see the arrival of a new and thinner OLED-based display. The current models use a high-quality mini-LED display.
The arrival of a new look, alongside additional features and technology, looks likely to come to the MacBook Pro in late 2026. The model will be celebrating its 20th anniversary that year, having debuted in 2006.
This story originally appeared on Appleinsider
