Apple's M5 arrived in the MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and Vision Pro

3products updated with the M5 chip at once

This is a look back at an event from October 15, 2025. We wrote it on November 11, 2026, from the sources listed at the end.

Apple updated three products with its M5 chip on October 15, 2025.

14-inch MacBook Pro. The base model gained the M5 and an option for up to 4TB of storage.
iPad Pro. It added Apple's own wireless chips, with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.
Vision Pro. The headset got the M5, support for 120Hz and a new knit band.

Pre-orders opened that day, and the products reached stores on October 22, MacRumors reported.

How it reads now

The M5 in the base MacBook Pro was the first step in a staggered rollout. The faster M5 Pro and M5 Max followed in March 2026.