Apple launched the Professional Show XDR in 2019 with its $4999 price ticket, no included stand, and an non-compulsory Professional Stand for $999. Since then, regardless of the entire developments in show expertise, Apple has left it untouched. Whereas there isn’t a ton to go off of, there are a few smaller particulars that give us an thought on what Apple is engaged on.

Apple Silicon chip

Apple launched the Studio Show in 2022, and it had one distinctive benefit over most shows: it was powered by an A13 Bionic. This allowed it to have cool options like Heart Stage and spatial audio.

Professional Show XDR, because it was launched three years prior, doesn’t embody an Apple Silicon chipset. Nevertheless, in accordance with a Bloomberg report from 2022, that’s one factor Apple is planning for the next-generation mannequin:

Apple is engaged on a number of new exterior screens as properly, together with an replace to the Professional Show XDR that was launched alongside the Intel Mac Professional in 2019. It’s potential, nonetheless, that the corporate’s subsequent high-end show will ship after the Mac Professional, as the pc is additional alongside in growth than the monitor.

These new screens — just like the Studio Show launched with the Mac Studio — will embody Apple silicon. That helps the screens rely much less on sources from the connected laptop.

Presuming this two-year-old rumor holds up – which might make sense given the truth that Gurman talked about that the show was behind in growth, then we are able to probably count on some kind of Apple Silicon chipset within the Professional Show XDR 2.

This might permit for the Professional Show XDR to have a in-built digicam and audio system, one thing it doesn’t at present.

Quantom-dot show

In response to show analyst Ross Younger, Apple might be adopting quantom-dot movies within the subsequent technology Professional Show XDR, much like the brand new M4 MacBook Professional:

Now that Apple has adopted [quantum dot] movies within the MacBook Professional, it will likely be attention-grabbing to see in the event that they change KSF movies and KSF phosphors in different Apple merchandise. KSF movies are present in earlier MiniLED MacBook Professional’s and the Mac Professional Show XDR. We count on the following model of the Mac Professional Show to undertake it.

It isn’t clear if this implies Apple will undertake mini-LED within the subsequent technology Professional Show XDR, which at present makes use of a better finish IPS panel with local-dimming zones. We additionally haven’t any concrete data relating to refresh fee, although it could be good if we obtained a 120Hz panel, particularly since MacBooks have had that for over three years, and the Professional Show XDR prices over $5000.

Different rumors

Final 12 months, provide chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported that Apple might be releasing a 27-inch miniLED show in 2025. It’s unlikely that that is in reference to the Professional Show XDR, because it has a 32-inch show dimension, however it’s related to say regardless, as Kuo refers to it as a “excessive finish monitor.” In response to Kuo, this show might be thinner, and still have narrower bezels.

Moreover, we’ve reported on 9to5Mac that Apple is engaged on a show with a 7K decision, which appears believable for a future Professional Show XDR.

Launch date

Show analyst Ross Younger shared with 9to5Mac that he at present expects the Professional Show XDR 2 to launch in late 2025 or early 2026, although there isn’t but something concrete.

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