Apple has refreshed the Studio Display, its 5K Mac monitor, after four years.
While many things, including the screen size, 5K screen resolution, and dimensions, have remained the same, there are some useful upgrades, such as a more powerful processor, support for daisy-chaining multiple Studio Displays, and a better camera.
Here’s what has improved and what has stayed the same.
Apple appears to be testing Studio Display 2 and it's increasingly looking like this next-generation external monitor will run an unreleased A19 Pro chip.
The updated MacBook Air laptop can drive two external 6K displays (like Apple's Studio Display) with the lid open—no need for clamshell mode.
Studio Display firmware update 16.4 enables support for in-field recalibration using Apple's Pro Display Calibrator tool and an in-house radiospectrometer.
The stylish accessory can now also be attached to the back of Apple’s Studio Display so you can hide hard drives, cables and dongles behind the monitor.
New Apple external monitors should cover price ranges between the $1,600 Studio Display and the high-end $5,000 Pro Display XDR model.
Apple's confirmed the most recent firmware update for its $1,699 external monitor fixes intermittent Studio Display speaker issues some owners complained about.
Learn how to solve intermittent speaker issues with your Studio Display or Studio Display XDR, ranging from garbled audio to distorted sound to choppy playback and beyond.
Learn how to restart the Apple Studio Display and the Studio Display XDR, which have no power button, in case you encounter bugs, camera problems, or software issues after updating the firmware.
A fix for the Studio Display webcam woes (firmware update 15.5) will be released separately instead of requiring a complete macOS update, Apple has confirmed.
The second beta of Apple's upcoming Studio Display firmware appears to boost webcam quality but visual improvements aren't as pronounced as in beta 1.
Apple has released a beta version of the firmware update 15.5 which includes a fix for the widely panned quality problems with the Studio Display web camera.