visionOS 27 is here for Apple Vision Pro with these new features

Apple Vision Pro’s next major software update is here. visionOS 27 is rolling out now to all Vision Pro models, here’s what’s new. Vision Pro gets powerful Siri AI and more new features in visionOS 27 visionOS 27 is now available for Apple Vision Pro. It’s compatible with the original M2 Vision Pro and the M5 model. New features in visionOS 27 include: Siri AI and the Siri [...]

visionOS 27 release date: Here’s when the new update launches

Today Apple unveiled its latest hardware products during the “Surprise and shine” event, where we also learned the release date for visionOS 27, the new software update for Vision Pro. visionOS 27 releases Monday, September 14 for Apple Vision Pro Apple’s September event is always focused primarily on hardware announcements. And today that’s been true as well. But the company also shared the release date for its upcoming [...]

Apple Vision Pro was just used in a first-of-its-kind surgery

We’ve seen several stories about Apple Vision Pro being used in healthcare settings. This week, Stryker announced the completion of the first surgical procedure using an innovative new app on Vision Pro. The surgery, a hip arthroscopy, was completed using SportSuite Vision, an app that brings “critical digital content into a surgeon’s virtual space.” This includes things like arthroscopic video, HipCheck, HipMap, and CT imaging. Here’s how Stryker [...]

As a relatively new Apple Vision Pro user, this is my favorite way to use it

Apple Vision Pro is one of Apple’s most interesting hardware releases yet. It’s technically very impressive, yet it seems almost certain that this form factor won’t last – and is instead just a temporary platform to introduce visionOS to the world before we eventually get glasses. I did buy one late last year, and while I haven’t been a major user of it, there is one use case [...]

Vision Pro is a niche product, but an incredibly valuable one in the right hands

Screenshot Even Apple CEO Tim Cook has acknowledged that Vision Pro is a niche product. I’ve argued in the past that it’s an essential step along the way to a more affordable and consumer-friendly Apple Glasses product. But it’s also worth noting that sometimes niche products can make a huge difference within specialist fields, and a new surgical study provides a very clear example of why it matters [...]

visionOS 27 gives the M5 Vision Pro two unique new advantages

visionOS 27 brings a variety of new features to Apple Vision Pro, with Siri AI being the single biggest upgrade. But there are two visionOS 27 features that owners of the original Vision Pro model will miss out on. Siri AI voice customization not available on M2 Vision Pro, nor is the most advanced on-device model When visionOS 27 ships this fall, it will be available on all [...]

visionOS App Store to allow alternative payment options for users in the EU

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) antitrust legislation came into effect earlier this year and has already forced Apple to make some deep changes to the App Store, including allowing developers to offer alternative payment options in their apps. As Apple Vision Pro is coming to Europe, Apple has now confirmed that alternative payment options will also be available on the visionOS App Store. Alternative App Store [...]

Vision Pro: Here are three upgrades to expect from Apple this year

Vision Pro has officially entered its second year on the market. Apple’s spatial computer was chosen as 9to5Mac’s 2024 Product of the Year, but it still has a lot to prove heading into year two. Here are three coming upgrades that could spark a growth year for Vision Pro. Apple Intelligence (especially for Siri) Apple neglecting to bring AI to its flagship, cutting-edge spatial computer in 2024 was [...]

The Viture Luma Ultra is almost the Apple Vision Air I’d like to see

What started life as a humble face monitor geared to watching video and playing games wherever you happen to be has now evolved into something drawing ever closer to a Mac-powered Vision Pro. The Viture Luma Ultra it isn’t perfect, but it is the closest thing I’ve seen yet to what I’d ideally like from a future Apple Vision Air product … Not buying Vision Pro When Vision [...]

Apple reportedly planning ‘feature-packed’ visionOS 3 update

While we aren’t getting a new Apple Vision Pro model in 2025 as some may have hoped, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is planning a ‘feature-packed release’ for visionOS 3 this year at WWDC. According to Mark Gurman, a second-generation version of Vision Pro with a new M-series chip is still in the pipeline, as well as cheaper versions of the headset. However, neither of these things [...]