Apple is planning to add Apple Intelligence to its Vision Pro headset in an update that could come as early as April, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, TechCrunch reported.
Just a couple weeks after Apple Intelligence was first announced in June 2024, Gurman reported that Apple was looking to bring its suite of AI tools to the Vision Pro, though there were questions to answer about how those tools would be reimagined for a mixed reality experience.
Now Apple is reportedly aiming to include Apple Intelligence (including Writing Tools, Genmoji, and an Image Playground) in its visionOS 2.4 software update, with a version available to developers as soon as this week.
The Vision Pro’s first Apple Intelligence offerings reportedly won’t include an upgraded Siri. In fact, Gurman also said a long-promised upgrade to Siri more broadly could be delayed due to engineering problems and bugs.
9To5Mac reported: 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.
However, a new rumor from Mark Gruman, 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.
A few days ago, Zac Hall reported: “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.”
Daily Guardian reported: The Vision Pro is Apple’s Newest computing platform, and that means we’re going to see a whole bunch of new apps.
Apple pitches apps built for the Vision Pro as “spacial” experiences, and even after our initial review experience, we’ll have to see how those differ from or improve upon the virtual reality and mixed reality experiences we’ve seen on other platforms. Of course, the Vision Pro can run iPhone and iPad apps, too, and the display screen of your nearby Mac laptop or desktop.
Apple says that the Vision Pro’s 600-plus apps available at launch will bring 3D movies from Disney Plus, support from apps like Max and Amazon Prime video. But the walled gardens of today’s tech world in both directions, and there are some notable day-one omissions.
In my opinion, there will be some Apple users would like to use Apple Intelligence for the Vision Pro.