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Gurman: New Apple Vision Pro Won't Arrive for at Least Two Years

Apple hasn't fully abandoned the Vision Pro, but anyone hoping for a successor will be waiting at least two more years, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

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Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman resisted suggestions that Apple has walked away from the headset entirely. The well-connected reporter says the company continues to develop new technologies and materials behind the scenes with the goal of eventually producing a cheaper, lighter enclosed headset. That said, no such product is apparently in active development, and the long-rumored "Vision Air" was canceled last year.

If a new Vision Pro-style device does materialize, Gurman says he wouldn't expect it for "around two more years at least," given that the bulk of Apple's mixed-reality hardware talent has been pulled onto other projects like lightweight smart glasses.

Indeed, Apple's smart glasses project is now the focus, and former Vision Products Group members have been reassigned to that team, as well as shoring up its Siri chatbot development, not to mention other AI wearables such as the AirPods with cameras and a planned AI pendant.

The Vision Pro's troubled retail launch was recently extensively covered in a book by New York Times labor reporter Noam Scheiber, who argues that Apple's decade-long erosion of its retail workforce directly contributed to the disappointing launch of the $3,499 headset.

Apple refreshed the Vision Pro in October 2025 with an updated model featuring an M5 chip.

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kotaKat Avatar
18 weeks ago
"The well-connected reporter"

To what, a magic 8-ball?



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Score: 26 Votes (Like | Disagree)
18 weeks ago
The idea that Apple had “given up ('https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/29/apple-vision-pro-m5-flop/')” on the Vision Pro when just a couple of weeks earlier Joz and Ternus said that spatial computing is “inevitable ('https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/16/joz-john-ternus-ai-neo-interview/')” was always a severe misreading of the situation.
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
orbital~debris Avatar
18 weeks ago

The idea that Apple had “given up ('https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/29/apple-vision-pro-m5-flop/')” on the Vision Pro when just a couple of weeks earlier Joz and Ternus said that spatial computing is “inevitable ('https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/16/joz-john-ternus-ai-neo-interview/')” was always a severe misreading of the situation.
Indeed.
And this MR article conveniently makes no mention that it was MacRumors itself which claimed the product line was effectively abandoned (without citing any source, too), not a fortnight ago…
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Hajj.david Avatar
18 weeks ago

The Vision Pro is undoubtedly a future of personal computing but it’s just not ready yet from a hardware perspective.

I’m looking forward to buying it when it’s sub $1500 - which won’t be for a while. So MBA M7 or 8 here I come.
You can regularly get them on ebay for around that much, totally worth it for me, even at the full price not to mention 1.5k.

As an entertainment device and productivity device (especially if you travel) there is nothing close to it on the market.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Samplasion Avatar
18 weeks ago
"Apple might have shelved the Spatial Computing device, but it might still come in some form in the following years"

No 💩, Sherlock
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
18 weeks ago
I worked for Apple for 8 years… dedicated teams for a single product ONLY happen during the secretive pre release of a new product line.. and that is largely to keep a grip on leaks and who knows what.. afterwards there’s no longer for that specialized team.. and everyone is expected to be a jack of all trades within their field.. Gurman keeps talking smack back and forth on AVP..
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)