Apple released a studio display with the first Mac Studio in March 2022, and has not received any hardware upgrade since then.
The current studio display has a 27-inch LCD screen with 5K resolution, 60Hz refresh rates, 600 nits brightness, a built-in camera and speaker, One Thunderbolt 3 port and three USB-C ports. In the US, the monitor starts at $ 1,599.
Below, we re -get rumors about a potential studio display 2.
Mini-Left in early 2026
Apple plans to release a new studio display at the end of 2025 or early 2026, According to Ross YoungVP in a demonstration industry expert and counterpoint research.
In a customer-cavalry post shared on X in February, Young said the new studio display will feature a 27-inch screen size similar to the current model, but add mini-LED backlighting. This upgrade will result in increased brightness and high contrast ratio compared to the current model, which has traditional LED backlighting.
Young did not share any other details, so it is not clear that any other studio performance will change the specification, such as the fresh rate.
A new studio display with mini-LED backlighting is rumored from some other sources, including Apple Supply Chain Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and BloombergMark Gurman. According to Gurman, the performance will be launched in 2026.
