macOS 26.1 Beta Hints at Pro Display XDR 2 With Center Stage Camera

Apple contiguous seeded the third beta of macOS 26.1 to developers for testing, and it hints astatine a imaginable Pro Display XDR 2 with a built-in camera.


As archetypal reported by 9to5Mac's Zac Hall, and corroborated by MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris, the latest macOS Tahoe beta includes caller "Pro Display XDR Camera" and "Pro Display XDR Desk View Camera" codification strings, which suggests that Apple is readying to merchandise a caller mentation of the outer show with a built-in Center Stage camera.

Center Stage is simply a diagnostic that keeps you centered successful the framework during video calls, adjacent if you determination around. Desk View, which requires a camera with Center Stage support, tin amusement your look and an overhead presumption of your table astatine the aforesaid time.

The existent Pro Display XDR lacks a built-in camera — and speakers — despite starting astatine a steep $4,999 successful the United States.

Released successful December 2019, the Pro Display XDR features a 32-inch surface with 6K resolution, a 60Hz refresh rate, up to 1,600 nits of brightness, 1 Thunderbolt 3 port, and 3 USB-C ports. Infamously, the monitor's basal costs $999 extra.

Apple went connected to merchandise a 27-inch Studio Display with a Center Stage camera and speakers successful March 2022. That show starts astatine $1,599, basal included.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has reported that Apple is moving connected 2 caller outer monitors, truthful possibly some the Pro Display XDR and the Studio Display volition beryllium updated.

It has been astir six years since Apple released the Pro Display XDR, truthful determination has been a agelong hold for a caller model. It is unclear erstwhile Apple would denote the exemplary with a camera, but macOS 26.1 volition apt beryllium released aboriginal this month, and the institution is expected to denote astatine slightest a fewer caller products as aboriginal arsenic tomorrow.
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