Samsung Display has overcome manufacturing challenges and can now mass produce OLED panels for the upcoming MacBook Pro. The company is seeing yields exceeding 90% and will begin shipping its Generation 8.6 OLED screens to Apple starting in June, with plans to produce around two million units throughout 2026.

The OLED MacBook Pro was previously delayed from late 2026 to early 2027 due to the global chip shortage and difficulties producing the large 14-inch and 16-inch displays. According to The Elec, the complexity stemmed from manufacturing twin-stack OLED technology, which stacks two OLED layers together for better quality and longer lifespan. Some individual components are now hitting 95% yield, described in the industry as the "golden yield."

Samsung Display initially refused to produce twin-stack OLED in the early 2020s when only Apple was requesting the technology. The company reconsidered by March 2022 and began development. This display technology first debuted in Apple's M4 iPad Pro launched in May 2024, before making its way to the MacBook Pro.