Apple Vision Pro 2

About Apple Vision Pro 2

Apple has announced nothing. There is no name, no date, no price and no specification for a second generation Vision Pro, and no Apple product page to link to. As of 15 August 2026 the only headset Apple sells is Apple Vision Pro with the M5 chip.

This page carries a warning the other unannounced entries do not need. On most Apple lines the question is when the next model arrives. Here the reporting says the question is whether a direct successor is being built at all, and that the next Vision product may not be a Vision Pro. If you are waiting for a Vision Pro 2, that is the thing to read before anything else.

Has Apple announced a Vision Pro 2?

No. There is no press release, no product page, no price and no date, and Apple has never used the name Vision Pro 2. The name at the top of this page is the catalogue's label for a line, not Apple's label for a product.

Apple's own Vision Pro pages on 15 August 2026 list the M5 model as current, with nothing behind it.

Everything below about what comes next is reporting, most of it traced to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. It is set out here because it is unusually consequential, not because any of it is confirmed.

The headset on sale today

Apple Vision Pro went on sale in the United States on 2 February 2024 at $3,499. In October 2025 Apple upgraded it with the M5 chip and a new Dual Knit Band, keeping the same design.

Apple states that the M5 model renders 10 percent more pixels than before and supports refresh rates up to 120Hz, across displays it describes as 23 million pixels in total, which it frames as more pixels than a 4K TV for each eye. It lists up to 2.5 hours of general use and up to 3 hours of video playback, Optic ID for authentication, and ZEISS Optical Inserts for people who need a prescription.

Those figures belong to the current headset. One thing they make clear is worth stating plainly: this is a device with a battery measured in hours rather than a day, which shapes what it is for more than any other number on the page.

The reporting that matters more than any specification

In October 2025 MacRumors reported that headset development appeared to have been paused. Reporting since has been more specific and no more encouraging for anyone waiting.

AppleInsider, relaying Bloomberg on 31 May 2026, reported that a second generation Vision Pro is not expected before late 2028 or 2029, that the category is on ice, and that Apple has moved its effort toward smart glasses. 9to5Mac, reporting the same day, described the next Vision product as a cheaper and slimmer Vision Air rather than a direct Vision Pro successor, again placed before late 2028 or 2029, and said no new Vision Pro generation is expected before it. 9to5Mac also reported on 3 June 2026 that Apple's hardware leadership had scaled back the Vision products roadmap.

The reporting has not been consistent with itself. Bloomberg has at different times described the headset as abandoned, as paused pending progress on weight and cost, and as resumed. That inconsistency is part of the honest picture rather than a reason to pick the most recent version and print it as fact. What can be said is that no outlet is describing a near term successor, and Apple has said nothing at all.

What Vision Pro is actually for

The current headset is a first generation product sold at a first generation price, and it is worth being clear about which uses justify that.

It is strongest as a large private display. A single person working with many windows, watching films, or reviewing spatial photographs and video gets something no monitor delivers, in any room, without a second screen. Developers building for the platform need one by definition.

It is weakest as a device you wear for a long stretch. Weight, battery life measured in hours, and the fact that it covers your face all limit sessions in ways specifications do not convey. It is also a solitary device in a way that matters more than people expect before they try one.

What to weigh against its nearest rival

The comparison most buyers should make is not against another headset. It is against a very good display and a very good pair of headphones, bought with the same money and used more hours per week. For most people considering this device for work, that comparison is the one that decides it.

Against other headsets, the trade is display quality and software integration against price and comfort. Vision Pro sits at the top on resolution and on how it works with other Apple devices, and at the top on price by a wide margin. Cheaper headsets from other makers do more of the gaming and social use that this one is not built around.

Against smart glasses, which is where the reporting says Apple is heading, there is no comparison to make yet, because Apple sells none. That is the point worth carrying away: the thing Apple is reported to be building next is a different category, not a lighter version of this.

Who should buy something else

Anyone waiting for a Vision Pro 2 should stop waiting on the current reporting. Late 2028 or 2029 is not a wait, it is a different decision. Buy the current headset on its own merits or buy nothing.

Anyone who wants this mainly as a monitor replacement should price a large display first. It will cost less, weigh nothing on your face, and be usable all day.

Anyone who wants a headset for games and social use should look at cheaper headsets from other makers, which have more of that software and cost a fraction of this.

Anyone who wears glasses should factor in the ZEISS inserts as an additional purchase before comparing prices, and anyone who shares devices around a household should note that this one is fitted and authenticated to a person.

Anyone hoping Apple will release a cheaper headset shortly should read the Vision Air reporting above. The reported timing for that is also years out, and it is reporting rather than a plan Apple has stated.

What would change this page

An Apple press release, or an Apple product page. Nothing short of either.

Not a Bloomberg newsletter, not an analyst roadmap, not a report that development has resumed. This category has produced more reversals in reporting than any other Apple line, and until Apple publishes a product this page carries no chip, no weight, no price and no date for a successor, and does not treat Vision Pro 2 as a name Apple has used.

This page was checked against Apple's own Vision Pro pages and Apple Newsroom on 15 August 2026. If you are reading it well after that date, recheck the reporting first, because it is the part of this page most likely to have moved.