Haitong International analyst Jeff Pu said in a recently released research report that Apple will launch the first Apple Watch equipped with a microLED screen in the fall of 2025, and mass production is expected to begin in early 2026. .
Jeff Pu predicts that Apple Watch Ultra will be the first to upgrade the microLED screen, and plans to upgrade the Apple Vision Pro head display to upgrade micro-OLED to microLED material.
It was previously reported that market research firm TrendForce also believes that Apple is developing an Apple Watch Ultra smartwatch with a next-generation microLED display. However, due to manufacturing issues, the release of the device has been delayed again, and may not be until It won’t be available until the first quarter of 2026.
The Apple Watch Ultra smartwatch is expected to be Apple’s first device to feature a microLED display. The current Apple Watch Ultra uses standard OLED technology, but microLED offers many of the benefits of OLED as well as some improvements.
MicroLEDs are more energy-efficient than LED displays and could significantly improve the battery life of Apple Watch Ultra smartwatches and other future devices using the technology.
And unlike OLED, microLED has almost no risk of screen burn-in, and microLED has a longer potential lifespan.
MicroLED displays also offer better contrast and faster response times because each pixel has its own individual light, and colors are more vivid and brighter. In short, microLED is a more advanced technology than OLED and miniLED.
