Overview
- The M5 brings a 10-core CPU and GPU on a 3nm process with a 16-core Neural Engine, enabling hardware ray tracing, mesh shading, up to 120Hz refresh rates and roughly 10% more rendered pixels.
- Apple’s counterweighted Dual Knit Band improves balance and cushioning, comes in three sizes, and works with earlier Vision Pro units.
- Battery life now stretches to about 2.5 hours for general use or 3 hours of video, paired with a higher-capacity 40W power adapter.
- The headset retains a $3,499 starting price and is now available in multiple markets, with part of production shifting to Vietnam.
- visionOS 26 expands capabilities with widgets, updated Personas and Apple Intelligence features, plus growing content such as live LA Lakers games and native ports like Control, with new support for PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers.