Apple’s key supplier Foxconn says they expect to begin mass production of advanced microLED displays late next year.
Apple is already looking ahead to an even more advanced display tech, however, known as micro-LED. This offers even brighter displays with greater colour accuracy, longevity, and power efficiency, and without the burn-in weakness of OLED.
The company was expected to begin this move with a microLED Apple Watch, but later cancelled (or, likely, postponed) this plan as the tech wasn’t sufficiently advanced.
Foxconn has announced that it expects to begin mass production of its first microLED screens late next year. These are tiny displays destined for a future AR headset. That would likely indicate the first products incorporating the tech launching in Q1 2026.
Foxconn says that the tech would meet the needs of “future mainstream global clients,” but doesn’t get any more specific than this.
