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Here's a Real-World Look at the New MacBook Pro's Glowing Apple Logo

Wednesday October 28, 2026 3:24 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol

Surprise! The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with OLED displays have a glowing Apple logo, a beloved feature that was phased out a decade ago.

In a hands-on video shared on his YouTube channel UrAvgConsumer, Judner Aura showed off the glowing Apple logo and revealed that its brightness is tied to the MacBook Pro's display brightness. If you turn up the display brightness, the logo gets brighter, and vice versa. The glowing logo worked the same way on older MacBooks.

Skip ahead to the one-minute mark of the video to see the glowing Apple logo.

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Apple never publicly commented on why it removed the glowing logo, but many customers have long wanted it back, and the company has evidently listened.

The new MacBook Pro models are available to pre-order now and launch Friday, November 6.

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Top Rated Comments

4 days ago at 03:27 pm

Very happy to see the glowing back. This was something I thought would never come back.

Score: 40 Votes (Like | Disagree)

4 days ago at 03:27 pm

Hoping there is a software switch that let's you turn it off

Score: 27 Votes (Like | Disagree)

4 days ago at 03:41 pm

Very happy to see the glowing back. This was something I thought would never come back.

Right? I deeply miss it, I dont know why so many folks here seem to hate this

Now we just need the status light with the sleep “breathing” pulse back

Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)

4 days ago at 03:27 pm

Ayyyy! It’s a small detail but I missed it. Wonder if it’ll come back to other Mac’s as well.

Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)

4 days ago at 03:38 pm

It's these kine small, whimsy things that used to make Apple, Apple, and that I've really been missing.

Now...Dashboard next, pretty please?

Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)

4 days ago at 03:54 pm

Right? I deeply miss it, I dont know why so many folks here seem to hate this

Now we just need the status light with the sleep “breathing” pulse back

Because everyone is just so miserable now. Just ignore them. Be happy it’s back. I sure am.

Score: 16 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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