Apple Vision Pro only just turned a year old, and it may be about to get its biggest update yet — no new hardware required.
That’s because Apple Intelligence is finally rumored to be coming to Apple Vision Pro. When Apple announced its suite of AI features last June, it only promised support on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
So far, Apple Intelligence is offered on iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16, and iPhone 16 Pro; M-series iPad Pro and iPad Air; the latest iPad mini; and M-series Macs.
Apple never guaranteed that Apple Intelligence would come to Vision Pro in a future update.
As I mentioned a few days ago:
The biggest opportunity for Apple Vision Pro, aside from price and weight, is that it runs on Apple‘s second generation M-series processor and doesn’t support Apple Intelligence.
It’s possible, however, that Apple could bring Apple Intelligence to the existing Apple Vision Pro without refreshing the hardware. The hardware only just turned a year old in the United States, and it has been arriving in markets over the last 12 months.
Top comment by Excess
The only way this is going to be useful in a spatial context is if Apple allows the AI features to access the video feed and “see” what the user sees. If they insist on limiting access to pass through video for alleged privacy reasons, this is going to be a failed opportunity. Apple needs to allow the same level of access that Google has in the pipeline with Android XR.
However, a new rumor from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg suggests, for the first time, that the existing Apple Vision Pro will indeed receive Apple’s AI features. If true, this will be a welcome surprise for customers of the $3500 headset.
It’s also a welcome rumor following the report that three new Siri features with Apple Intelligence may not be ready in time for iOS 18.4.
Stay tuned as we expect a lot of Apple news in the coming days, including a new product launch on Wednesday that Apple has already announced.
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