Buried in the press release for the upgraded Vision Pro headset that Apple announced yesterday was the news that the dedicated Apple Vision Pro app is making its way to iPad via iPadOS 26.1 later this fall. This means iPad users can browse Vision Pro content like apps and games from their tablet and queue downloads for the headset without needing to put it on each time.
The Vision Pro app has been available on iPhone since the arrival of iOS 18.4 in April, and features a regularly updated selection of curated spatial content that Apple thinks Vision Pro users might want to try. Open it up today, for example, and it’ll point you towards the Lungy app’s audiovisual meditations, the travel show Elevated on (the recently and very confusingly rebranded) Apple TV, some recommended games and a list of education-focused apps available on Vision Pro. The Vision Pro app also includes news and tips for using the headset, as well product information and account settings. All of the same features will be offered in the iPad version of the app.
In case you missed yesterday’s announcement, Apple has introduced an improved Vision Pro headset powered by the same M5 chip housed in its new iPad Pro and MacBook Pro. This should represent a fairly significant jump up from the first-gen product’s M2 chip. Web-browsing will be faster, as will loading apps and just generally navigating menus on your headset.
The M5 chip also features a new 10-core GPU, which should significantly boost gaming performance, and without handing us any battery specs (which the company never likes to do), Apple says the upgraded Vision Pro should last a bit longer too. The M5 Vision Pro is now ready to pre-order now and still costs $3,499. Apple will start shipping the device on October 22.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/the-vision-pro-will-get-an-ipad-app-in-upcoming-ipados-update-142904090.html?src=rss
