The MacBook Air with an OLED Display is Years Ago

Apple is planning to launch a MacBook Air with an OLED display, but it won’t come for several years after the MacBook Pro has been updated with OLED screen technology.

We won’t see an OLED MacBook Air until at least 2028, according to reports Bloomberg. Large, high-end OLED displays are expensive, and it will take time for the technology to come down in price enough to be used in Apple’s mid-range devices.

Apple brought OLED to the 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro models in 2024, introducing the first large OLED screens. The iPhone and Apple Watch have used OLED for years, but it’s more complicated with larger displays. Apple wants to convert its flagship Mac and iPad to OLED models, with OLED eventually being used in all product lines.

OLED displays have better contrast than the LCD and mini-LED displays Apple uses in current Macs, offering richer colors and deeper blacks. OLED also supports wider viewing angles and tends to be more dynamic because black pixels don’t light up.

A MacBook Pro with an OLED touchscreen display is still in development, and rumors suggest we’ll get it as soon as 2026, although Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said today that we could wait until early 2027.

Kuo also said that we won’t see an OLED MacBook Air until 2028 or 2029, so the MacBook Air will likely continue to use LCD display technology until then. It’s possible that Apple could do a temporary mini-LED update, but no rumors suggest that’s the case.