Apple rarely makes a sudden jump with its products and instead it tests new ideas on one device, refines them, and then brings them to another when the time is right. With iPadOS 26, this is exactly what is happening, as the update is more than a simple refresh, but a testing ground for a MacBook with a touchscreen.

Apple’s iPadOS 26 update hints at a future where macOS borrows from iPadOS, paving the way for a touchscreen MacBook

In the past, Apple publicly dismissed the idea of a touchscreen Mac, with executives like Steve Jobs and Craig Federighi arguing that touch input on a laptop display feels uncomfortable and unnecessary. Instead, the company worked for years to position the iPad as a computer, and it is truly a computer now, with the iPadOS 26 update onboard. The Mac, on the fli

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