Apple is preparing a refreshed iPad Pro lineup and a redesigned entry-level MacBook Pro for release in the first half of 2027, according to Bloomberg.
The iPad Pro update keeps its current 11-inch and 13-inch sizes but focuses on internal changes, and the MacBook Pro overhaul brings the entry-level 14-inch model, codenamed K104, in line with the design Apple is preparing for its pricier MacBooks.The iPad Pro changes are mostly under the hood.
The news corroborated by 9to5Mac, describes four new models being tested for spring 2027, all sticking with the existing chassis and offered in both Wi-Fi and cellular variants.
Faster chips are the headline change, and Apple has previously experimented with vapor-chamber cooling for the tablet, a system meant to sustain performance during long, demanding workloads without overheating.
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Apple last updated the iPad Pro line in October 2025 with the M5 chip, so a 2027 refresh would mark a comparatively quick turnaround by the tablet’s usual upgrade cycle.
The more consequential shift is on the Mac side. Apple had already finished a straightforward refresh of the entry-level MacBook Pro months ago, a version codenamed J804 that keeps the current design and simply swaps in a new base M6 chip, and that model was on track for release this year.
The K104 project supersedes it with something more ambitious: a 14-inch laptop wearing the same new design language Apple is building for its touchscreen-equipped, higher-end MacBook Pros, due between late 2026 and early 2027, without the touchscreen itself. Both products sit downstream of a bigger change to Apple’s chip roadmap.
The company is fast-tracking its M7 generation, aiming to ship the base M7 chip as early as the first half of 2027, ahead of the usual cadence. That timeline means Apple is skipping high-end M6 Pro and M6 Max variants altogether, a break from a pattern it has followed since the M1 launched in 2020.
The M7 line is reportedly built primarily to handle on-device AI workloads, with M7 Pro and Max chips expected later in 2027 and an M7 Ultra not due until 2028.
None of this happens in isolation from Apple’s supply problems, and the global memory shortage has already pushed the company to pull configurations from its online store and raise prices across its current Mac and iPad lineup.
Gurman’s report notes plainly that ongoing chip and memory constraints could still disrupt the 2027 schedule. Apple raised the iPad Pro’s starting price from $999 to $1,199 for the 11-inch model and from $1,299 to $1,499 for the 13-inch model in June.
That is a reminder that the products arriving next year will land in a market where component costs, not just design ambition, are shaping what Apple ships and when.
The MacBook Pro redesign also lands against the backdrop of a company that has been publicly wrestling with its design direction.
Gurman has reported that Apple’s design studio has thinned out considerably since the Jony Ive era, and incoming chief executive John Ternus has said he intends to rebuild it. A chassis overhaul for the best-selling MacBook Pro tier is, in that context, as much a test of Apple’s post-Ive design bench as it is a hardware refresh.
Apple has not commented on the report. If the timeline holds, the iPad Pro and entry MacBook Pro updates would add to what Gurman and other reporting have already flagged as an unusually dense product year for Apple, one that also includes a foldable iPhone and the iPhone’s 20th-anniversary lineup, though pricing for either 2027 product has not been disclosed.
Whether the first half of 2027 arrives on schedule will depend less on Apple’s design choices than on how quickly the memory market settles down.
The same supply crunch that emptied out Mac mini and Mac Studio configurations earlier this year shows no sign of easing, and a company juggling a foldable iPhone and two redesigned product lines at once has less room than usual to absorb further delays.
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