Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Professional with the M3 chip inside is getting a key characteristic, usually requested by skilled customers, through a software program replace.

The 14-inch MacBook Professional may be had with both an Apple M3 chip, an M3 Professional chip, or an M3 Max chip. However solely the variants with the M3 Professional and M3 Max chip assist two exterior shows. Per Apple’s assist doc on the matter, the MacBook Professional with the M3 chip helps both one show as much as 6K at 60Hz over Thunderbolt, or one show as much as 4K at 144Hz over HDMI.

This created an odd discrepancy, as Apple’s new MacBook Air fashions, which additionally characteristic the M3 chip, assist two shows (the lid of the laptop computer itself should nevertheless be closed).

However now we all know that this similar performance is coming to the 14-inch MacBook Professional through a software program replace. Apple confirmed to 9to5Mac that the characteristic is coming, and it’ll perform precisely the identical because it does on the brand new MacBook Air fashions.

(In case you’re questioning, this was by no means a problem for the 16-inch MacBook Professional as that machine can solely be had with the M3 Professional or M3 Max chip in any case.)

For some customers, this will not be a giant deal, however for professionals who’re used to working with two exterior shows, it is an vital characteristic.

We do not know when, precisely, the brand new characteristic is coming; it may occur with the launch of macOS Sonoma 14.4, which is at the moment obtainable as beta software program.