Apple revealed some innovations One of today’s and marquee features is the ability to drive two external displays while the lid is closed. It’s pretty weird that the Air line gets a feature that the more powerful MacBook Pro line lacks, but Apple is on top of it. The company announced that the feature is also coming to standard M3 MacBook Pro laptops via a software update.
There are no details on which software update the new tool will include 14.4 is in active development, so there is a possibility. It should work as it works with the function the upcoming M3 MacBook Air, because the two lines share a processor and similar architecture.
This will be for the update with a standard M3 chip. More powerful versions with M3 Pro and Max chips can already do this, so the 16-inch model does not require a firmware update. Before that, you could only use a regular M3 MacBook Pro to drive an external monitor with the lid attached.
Apple Silicon MacBook Pros have been able to drive multiple external displays up to the M1 Pro chip, but never with standard M-series chips. Apple didn’t offer a reason why it took so long to get to chips without Pro or Max in the name. Either way, this will be great for current M3 MacBook Pro owners looking for more screen real estate.
