Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has announced that Apple is developing a new generation of its Vision Pro headset, scheduled to begin production in the second half of 2025.
While the general specifications and design of the new Vision Pro are expected to remain similar to its predecessor, the device will receive a substantial upgrade with the inclusion of the M5 chip. This marks a significant leap from the M2 chip used in the first-generation model.
The new M5-powered Vision Pro is expected to enter mass production in 2H25. The main selling point will be the integration of Apple Intelligence with spatial computing. The major hardware change will be the processor upgrade to the M5 (currently M2) to significantly improve computing power and ensure the best Apple Intelligence user experience. Other hardware specs and designs won’t change much, which should help lower costs and price points.
Combining eye tracking, gesture control, and Apple Intelligence should provide a better user experience for spatial computing.
The price of the M5-powered Vision Pro may not change much, but Apple’s head-mounted display device/spatial computing could become mainstream if this new model creates attractive user scenarios. Cost and price reductions, weight and battery life improvements, etc., will eventually happen. Compared to existing mainstream products like the iPhone, the innovative user experience of integrating Apple Intelligence with Vision Pro will be more noticeable.
MacDailyNews Take: A Siri that actually works, as if it’d actually been developed over the past 13 years instead of neglected like a red-headed stepchild, is the key for everything, Apple Vision Pro included. What really needs an IQ boost is poor, stupid HomePod. Hopefully the rumored “HomeAccessory” will have Apple Intelligence capability and benefit from it when it’s finally released in full.
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