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Apple has finished work on a new iMac and plans to launch it before the end of 2026, according to a Bloomberg report.
The all-in-one desktop is expected to feature an upgraded chip, though details remain unclear on whether it will run on an M5 or next-gen M6 processor.
Anyone who bought an iMac in the past two years has been sitting on a machine that never received a mid-cycle update.
The current M4 model launched in October 2024, and Apple skipped an M5 refresh entirely last year, making the upcoming release the first iMac update in roughly two years.
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The Price You’ll Pay Now
Buying into the iMac has gotten more expensive. Apple raised the starting price last month from $1,299 to $1,499, a $200 increase the company attributed to rising memory chip costs.
The new iMac will launch into a higher-priced environment, so buyers considering a purchase this fall should factor that in.
The machine will still ship in two configurations with different CPU core counts, GPU core counts, and port selections, matching the same basic lineup structure Apple has used for several generations.
The Display Situation
The screen staying at 24 inches and the use of LCD technology are the most straightforward parts of this story. No redesign is expected for the model arriving this year.
Apple has not offered an iMac larger than 24 inches since it discontinued the 27-inch model in 2022, and despite years of rumors pointing toward a larger display option, no such product has surfaced.
A follow-up iMac with an OLED display is in development, according to Gurman, though he described that model as arriving further out.
Apple has been gradually moving its product line toward OLED panels, with the iPhone and select iPad Pro models already using the technology.
An OLED iMac would deliver noticeably deeper blacks and more accurate color reproduction compared to the current LCD screen, which matters most for photo editing, video work, and extended daily use.
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Part of a Broader Mac Push
The iMac refresh is one piece of a larger effort. The report covers 11 new Mac models Apple is planning to release over roughly the next two years, spanning the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, Mac Studio, and other machines.
The iMac is among the products already far enough along that Apple expects to ship it in 2026.
Apple has never put its higher-end Pro or Max chips inside an iMac, keeping the machine positioned as a mainstream desktop rather than a workstation. That positioning appears unchanged for the model coming this year.
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