It's not exactly the most unexpected rumor, but a new report claims that Apple is working on an iPad Pro refresh, and a new entry-level MacBook Pro with M7 for spring 2027.
If the rumor is accurate, that moves the iPad Pro from a previous fall launch cycle to the spring. This will help level out Apple's earnings cycle, and move some new releases out of the holiday quarter, and into the spring and back-to-school purchasing season.
Any new iPad Pro will be an incremental update, with screen sizes expected to remain the same. No redesign is expected, and one is not predicted in Wednesday's report from Bloomberg.
A faster processor is expected. Apple has also reportedly been testing vapor chamber cooling for the iPad Pro, like the iPhone 17 Pro has now.
The last iPad Pro update with M5 was delivered in October 2025.
The most notable section of Wednesday's report is that the lower-end MacBook Pro will adopt a new design language, first seen in the OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro expected before the end of 2026 or early 2027. That model is reportedly codenamed K104 and may be the first to adopt the previously rumored M7 processor, in a quicker-than-normal debut.
The fall 2026 entry-level MacBook Pro is codenamed J804 and is expected to have the M6 chip.
The J804 codename was known in October 2025, with it found in macOS Tahoe code. J704 was the entry-level M5 MacBook Pro.
This makes Apple's spring release period jam-packed with the non-Pro iPhone 18 lineup, and a second-generation iPhone Air expected to debut around then too.
