Apple’s bulky, powerful, occasionally beautiful, and way-too-expensive XR headset, the Vision Pro, is coming into the fold of Apple’s software ecosystem as well as the wider VR market. At WWDC25, Apple shared more info about this first step to a more mature “spatial” ecosystem with visionOS 26.

As part of a wider software rebranding effort, Apple's visionOS is jumping from version 2 to 26 with a new software update announced during the company's developer conference this week.

Apple announced the latest major update for its Vision Pro headset during the company’s WWDC 2025 keynote presentation on Monday. It’s now called visionOS 26 to match Apple’s new naming convention for its mobile and desktop operating systems.