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Alogic Debuts New Touchscreen Monitors and Portable Displays With Mac Support

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Alogic this week unveiled a new lineup of touchscreen displays that bring touch and stylus functionality to Macs, including the FOKUS interactive touchscreen series, the Aspekt Touch 27" monitor, and new Folio portable touchscreen displays.

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Aspekt Touch 27"​

While Apple has yet to release a touchscreen Mac, Alogic has established itself as one of the few display makers offering touch-enabled monitors designed to work with macOS. The company's latest products continue that focus, aiming to give Mac users a more direct way to interact with content using touch gestures and stylus input.

The new FOKUS series consists of 43-inch, 55-inch, and 65-inch 4K touchscreen displays designed for collaborative environments such as conference rooms, classrooms, and creative workspaces. The displays support multitouch interaction and work with Alogic's Active Stylus, which offers 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity for writing, drawing, and annotation.

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FOKUS 55"​

For Mac users, the key feature is touch support. Since macOS does not natively offer touchscreen functionality, Alogic provides software that enables touch gestures, navigation, annotation, and drawing on connected Macs. The company has offered similar capabilities in previous touchscreen displays, including its Clarity lineup.

Alogic is also introducing the Aspekt Touch 27" monitor, a scaled down version of the existing Aspekt Touch 32" delivering multitouch and stylus support. The Aspekt Touch 27" features a 4K panel with 600 nits of brightness, integrated docking functionality with multiple USB-C and USB-A ports plus Ethernet and audio. It can accept HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.4, and USB-C connections and can deliver 90 watts of charging power over USB-C for connected laptops.

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Aspekt Touch 27"​

The Aspekt Touch 27" is available in Silver and Space Black color options, with three stand options: a traditional Raise Stand, a Fold Stand that brings the display down to a comfortable stylus drawing position, and an Omni Fold Stand that offers the same functionality as the Fold Stand but which includes a built in mount for a Mac mini at the base of the display.

The company also announced new Folio portable touchscreen monitors for users who need a secondary display while traveling. The Folio models feature a folding cover that doubles as a stand and connect through USB-C, making them a natural companion for MacBooks. The standard Folio model features a single 16-inch display at a resolution 2,560 x 1,440, while the Folio Duo includes two of these screens stacked on top of each other. The Folio Duo can also be rotated 90º to orient the two displays side-by-side in a portrait orientation.

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Folio Duo​

Portable touchscreen displays are widely available, but many function only as standard monitors when connected to a Mac. Alogic has differentiated itself by supporting touch input on macOS, allowing users to interact directly with apps, presentations, documents, and creative projects.

The products arrive as interest in touchscreen Macs continues to grow. Reports over the past several years have suggested Apple has explored touchscreen Mac hardware, but the company has yet to introduce a Mac with a touch-enabled display with the first rumored to be a "MacBook Ultra" coming in late 2026 or early 2027. In the meantime, third-party solutions like Alogic's monitors offer Mac users a way to add touch functionality to their existing setups.

The new FOKUS, Aspekt Touch 27", and Folio displays were showcased at InfoComm 2026 this week as part of Alogic's expanding monitor portfolio. The FOKUS displays will be launching by September, priced at $2,799 for the 43-inch model, $3,299 for the 55-inch model, and $3,999 for the 65-inch model. The Folio ($899) and Folio Duo ($1,299) should become available around the same September time frame, while the Aspekt Touch 27" (starting at $1,799) and the Active Stylus with wireless charging ($149) will be available starting next month.

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This touch display along with a Mac mini, might do better than the Surface Studio which was very expensive and underpowered.
 
Those portable prices are interesting, considering you can get excellent portable monitors for around $200.

So many options. I have a few of these. One is a Uperfect (main brand), 13.5" 4k, 600 nit, .9 lbs monitor, that is about as good as you can get, and cost me around $150US. Larger ones are plentiful. I will say that it's a bit of a crap shoot, and often the matte screens are grainy. But I'll take my chances 😉
 
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“Since macOS does not natively offer touchscreen functionality,”

It looks like that is changing in Mac OS 27. Apple showed off full touch support for sidecar screens. That would easily support an external monitor like this and probably an internal monitor on an laptop.
 
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stating the obvious maybe but until macOS officially supports touch I don’t know how useful this will be. Of course, it will be nice to have alternatives to apple touchscreens once this functionality is added.
 
hiphopdan said:
stating the obvious maybe but until macOS officially supports touch I don’t know how useful this will be. Of course, it will be nice to have alternatives to apple touchscreens once this functionality is added.
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I’ve used Mac OS to varying degrees with touch screens for 15+ years. I’m sure with official support it will be much better. But even without official support it strangely still feels fairly natural. Like times when my hands are not on my keyboard/mouse/trackpad and a message pops up. Dragging it over to where I want it is nice, or a confirmation box pops up just tapping the OK/Cancel is nice. When I’m doing keyboard heaving work like coding it’s not very useful but photo editing, zoom in/out is nice.

My point being, it’s going to benefit some people more than others (if at all). I do like it, but for me is not life altering.

Now, if official support is coming, and APIs for devs to leverage, that could bring it to something better for sure. Regardless, It will be interesting to see what comes. 🙂
 
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5k resolution at those prices is a good value. 4k is...underwhelming, even with the feature set. After all, the primary use of these is to be "looked at" and then the rest of the functionality comes to play.
 
Tagbert said:
“Since macOS does not natively offer touchscreen functionality,”

It looks like that is changing in Mac OS 27. Apple showed off full touch support for sidecar screens. That would easily support an external monitor like this and probably an internal monitor on an laptop.
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It still doesn't. I have tested with some touch screen monitors on 27. However you can install a free app on any MacOS version to use multitouch on a monitor. But if you want stylus support, you have to use another very expensive subscription app.
Fortunately pen-enabled monitors OEMs like espresso display make their own software, but other pen displays made for Windows don't work on MacOS (again unless you pay for the overpriced UPDD)
 
I’m going to have to chose between this and feeding the kids for the next six months so RIP my children! 💀
 
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I’m going to have to chose between this and feeding the kids for the next six months so RIP my children! 💀
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You just need to teach them some trades. The last time a plumber came to my house, he made quite a good hourly rate.
 
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Why does everyone have to make low resolution displays🙁
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If you mean 4K vs 5K, from what I understand (though I've never tested this), a well-made 4K display that uses a subpixel layout optimized for text from a Mac can actually be pretty decent, and by considering 4K, you can expand your monitor options, for instance 32 inches at a decent price, or features like extra ports that you can't find on an Apple display.
 
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Be very careful buying anything from this company (Alogic). I had an expensive Thunderbolt 4 dock fail completely just 1 year out of warranty. Obviously I still reached out to service to see if there was any way they could help out, and they basically used the whole exercise to try and sell me more products, and a new dock. Why on earth would I buy another expensive dock from you when the last one failed in record time?
 
I have some experience with Alogic. Their customer service was really good. I tried one of the touch Clarity 27” monitors. The quality was decent, but not as good as apple which I’d expect for the price. I had the folding stand and the problem was all the connections were at the bottom of the monitor. Normally I prefer this set up, but when you push it closer to the table to use touch/ pen, the cables coming of the monitor get sandwiched between the table and the monitor which will cause problems long term.

I ended up returning it which was pretty hassle free. I’d recommend giving them a try.

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If you mean 4K vs 5K, from what I understand (though I've never tested this), a well-made 4K display that uses a subpixel layout optimized for text from a Mac can actually be pretty decent, and by considering 4K, you can expand your monitor options, for instance 32 inches at a decent price, or features like extra ports that you can't find on an Apple display.
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These are, as per the article "43-inch, 55-inch, and 65-inch"

At those screen sizes, 4k is like having a low resolution monitor. We are taking 102, 80, and 68 DPI. For comparison, a 27" 1080p monitor is ~81.6 DPI
 
I suppose I could see it with a desktop computer, where integrating a trackpad into the setup isn't all that practical and you end up pushing it around your desk, and where you can put a decently hefty surface on a monitor for the sake of protection from it being jabbed with fingers. On a laptop, though, where Apple around 2016 made the sensible decision to start making trackpads as big as small tablets, it seems to me redundant and a maintenance headache. I'd have to keep reaching out to the screen and then wiping it down, though I can see people with eyesight issues and/or input issues (e.g. they never liked touchpads, or Windows ruined touchpads for them, or they can't touch type) liking it.
 
I like the idea, but touch screen is super niche in its practical implementation. It seems to thrive in the under 14 inch and in the large presentation monitor 40-80 inch market. Anything else, a mouse or stylus/tablet seems so much more ergonomic and cost effective.
 
Let's please remember, no-one on these forums wants Touch-Screen Mac's or Mac Books.
I've been on these forums for years and seen literally hundreds of posts from so many people saying how no-one wants touch screen, that should be kept for phones and tablets only.
And I respect that viewpoint which has very strongly been in place here for many many years.

Also knowing how strongly users hold onto their true viewpoints, I am fully confident than when Apple does release a touchscreen MacBook (for example) no one on these forums will want it, and there will be a strong verbal backlash about the product which will shorty after cause Apple to drop touchscreen support when they see virtually no sales of such a device.

Stay strong everyone and hold onto your long held views and values.
Don't be "that weak willed person, with no standards" who instantly changes their mind the moment Apple offers you something new
 
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