Whereas we aren’t getting a brand new Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional mannequin in 2025 as some could have hoped, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reviews that Apple is planning a ‘feature-packed launch’ for visionOS 3 this yr at WWDC.

In keeping with Mark Gurman, a second-generation model of Imaginative and prescient Professional with a brand new M-series chip remains to be within the pipeline, in addition to cheaper variations of the headset. Nevertheless, neither of this stuff will come to fruition in 2025, even if the present era headset nonetheless makes use of 2022’s M2 chipset, which’ll be 4 years outdated by the point there’s a refresh.

Nevertheless, regardless of Apple’s future headset plans sounding considerably lackluster, its software program plans definitely aren’t.

Final month, Apple launched visionOS 2.4 beta, bringing Apple Intelligence to the headset, in addition to a a lot wanted Imaginative and prescient Professional app for iPhone. It additionally introduces Spatial Gallery, and the corporate will launch it to the general public in April.

As thrilling as these options are, that isn’t the tip of it. Reportedly, visionOS 3 will probably be a reasonably main replace as properly – though Gurman is sadly mild on particulars:

All indicators are pointing to the corporate’s Imaginative and prescient Merchandise Group shifting its assets to different type components. However Apple can’t simply let the Imaginative and prescient Professional die out. It has invested an excessive amount of and must preserve churning out the machine’s visionOS updates (the third version will probably be a reasonably feature-packed launch, I’m advised). 

Whereas new {hardware}, particularly if it had been cheaper, could be very thrilling – it appears Apple’s precedence is having visionOS be as strong as potential. This transfer will probably play off in the long term.

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