Hardware got a refresh in the fall. M5 chip and all. Now the software is catching up. VisionOS 27 drops at WWDC. It brings Visual Intelligence. Finally.
The headset can actually see now.
This is exactly what the rumored smart glasses—probably landing next year—need. But they are here. Preview it in the developer beta. A few tweaks make the headset work better today.
The AI stuff? That is what grabs me. Part of the broader Siri overhaul. You can ask Siri about apps you are viewing. Sure. But it also recognizes stuff in your actual room. Look around. Ask Siri.
Google has this. Samsung has it on the Galaxy XR. Nothing new there, technically. But Apple handles it differently. No continuous “Gemini Live” streaming mode. Not quite. Siri takes a snapshot instead. Based on your gaze. What are you looking at right now? That is all it needs.
Other bits are nice, sure. Turn personal panoramas into 3D backgrounds. Preview 3D Mac models directly in the headset. Good for creatives, maybe.
Will this make you buy it? Probably not.
Still no native apps worth shouting about. Still no iPhone or Apple Watch integration acting as a tether. Apple wants your Mac to be the companion for that $3,500 rig. Still leaning hard on Macs.
Some say Vision Pro is dead. Buried by the upcoming smart glasses trend. Maybe. But the hardware does things glasses simply cannot do. Yet.
I want the spatial computer to earn its keep. These updates are small. Incremental, mostly. Except Siri.
I will test the beta. Then we talk.
