{"id":624993,"date":"2026-10-09T03:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/624993\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T03:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:46:09","slug":"apple-readies-launch-of-first-touchscreen-macbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/624993\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Readies Launch of First Touchscreen MacBook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple<\/a> plans to unveil its first touchscreen MacBook and a new iPad mini on or around Oct. 27, Bloomberg reported<\/a> Thursday (Oct. 8), citing unnamed sources.<\/p>\n

Together with the new touchscreen capability, the new MacBooks will be lighter than current models, will feature OLED screens for sharper displays and will include the Dynamic Island on-screen interface used on iPhones, according to the report.<\/p>\n

The new iPad mini will also include an OLED screen, as well as a videoconferencing camera and revamped speakers, the report said.<\/p>\n

Apple will also introduce versions of the 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMac that are equipped with M6 chips and designed for video production, photo editing and music production, per the report.<\/p>\n

An Apple spokesperson declined Bloomberg\u2019s invitation to comment on the claims, per the report.<\/p>\n

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These new devices will be introduced in a product launch event that will include an online video presentation as well as in-person attendance by the press, according to the report.<\/p>\n

The event will come about two weeks after an Oct. 13 event focused on Apple\u2019s new smart home devices, which were previously reported by Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg reported Sept. 30 that the Oct. 13 event will see Apple introduce a new smart home<\/a> product and updated ones.<\/p>\n

The new product is a smart home hub that will recognize the user; display that person\u2019s contacts, messages, calendar appointments, notes and preferred app layout; and respond to questions with answers that are based on that person\u2019s data, according to the report, which cited unnamed sources.<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s updated smart home products will include the first update to its HomePod mini since the company introduced that product in 2020, and Apple\u2019s first new TV set-top box since 2022, the report said.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Oct. 6) that the Oct. 13 product launch<\/a> will also include outdoor security cameras, floodlight cameras, indoor security cameras, doorbells, thermostats and smart deadbolt locks developed with LG Electronics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The launch marks an official reboot of Apple\u2019s HomeKit, which the company introduced in 2014, the report said.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg News reported Sept. 29 that Apple\u2019s new CEO, John Ternus<\/a>, wants a leaner company that is quicker at developing products<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple plans to unveil its first touchscreen MacBook and a new iPad mini on or around Oct. 27,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11447,111,43,139,69,739,145,741],"class_list":["post-624993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ipad","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pymnts-news","tag-technology","tag-whats-hot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}