Accessory startup Intricuit aims to make the touch-enabled MacBook Pro a reality, with a crowdfunded campaign for a screen overlay.
Apple has long been rumored to be working on a form of touchscreen MacBook Pro, despite repeated public denials on the subject. While an official release is still a far-off dream, a start-up is attempting to make it a reality.
The team at Intricuit has used CES 2026 to show its own solution, the Magic Screen for the current-gen MacBook Pro. It claims to be the first "snap-on touchscreen" for the MacBook lineup, adding touch capabilities to the notebook.
The Magic Screen consists of a large digitizer that sits in front of the Mac screen itself, overlaying and allowing video to pass through unobstructed. Once attached, users can tap, swipe, and use gestures like pinch-to-zoom, by touching their MacBook's screen.
Once put in place, users have to connect a small USB-C cable to the bar at the bottom and into one of the MacBook's ports to get it working.
Touch and stylus
Intricuit has gone further than just adding touch control, as it has also included stylus support too. The included stylus, said to last for 100 hours on a single charge, can be used to draw with pressure sensitivity, much like the Apple Pencil on an iPad.
The firm has even added its own take on the Hover feature of the Apple Pencil.
Though it is intended to be an overlay for the MacBook Pro display, not everyone wants to use a stylus on the wobbly screen. Instead, if you place it onto a sturdy surface, it will also act as a drawing tablet.
The design of the digitizer also combats the problem of Apple's famous manufacturing tolerances, which has led to users discovering cracked screens when they store something as slim as a piece of paper inside their closed MacBook. The base bar of the digitizer effectively gets in the way of anyone closing the notebook up, preventing accidental closure.
The Magic Screen may get attention for being a "snap-on" digitizer for the MacBook Pro, but it's not the only way to add touch capabilities. Infrared frames can convert non-touch displays into touch-enabled versions, and consumers can also buy second screens with touch capabilities.
There's also the prospect of using a drawing tablet like a Wacom One 13 Touch, or using Sidecar with an iPad for a similar effect. At least with Magic Screen, the selling point is that it does iPad-like touch support for the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, without resorting to buying a full second screen.
Intricuit's Magic Screen will be initially offered via a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in the future, with pricing starting from $139. Shipments are expected to start in the first quarter of 2026.
