Apple Vision Pro: hardhat optional
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The roll-out of Apple Intelligence in the fall is passing over the Apple Vision Pro — but a report on Sunday claims that it could arrive on the existing hardware as soon as 2025.
Apple Intelligence is arriving in test in the next few weeks. It will ship to for everybody with a compatible device in the fall, with iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and iOS 18.
Not on that list at present is the Apple Vision Pro. But, a new report on Sunday from Bloomberg discusses the possibility of it arriving on Apple's headset.
The specs of the headset as it stands can support Apple Intelligence. After all, the headset has a M2 processor, and 16GB of RAM, which is more than what's required on a Mac for the feature.
Apple Vision Pro is also a variant of iPadOS, so that's another point in the favor of the technology coming to the headset.
A potential roadblock cited in the report is the user experience. The report claims that the mixed reality environment may be a challenge.
But, the report makes sense. Apple is positioning the Apple Vision Pro as a productivity device, and the Apple Intelligence features make sense for the platform.
What's more questionable is the concept that it might tax Apple's cloud computing infrastructure, which is alluded to and dismissed in the report. As compared to the number of Macs that can use the tech, and the volume of iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 models that will be available when it may arrive, Apple Vision Pro quantities are a drop in the bucket.
Apple Vision Pro sales numbers are several orders of magnitude less than the other hardware that will run Apple Intelligence.
And even so, many Apple Intelligence features aren't going to arrive until 2025 anyway. And, they'll be limited to US English at first.