Overview

• visionOS 26’s spatial Personas generate realistic avatars with improved facial expressions, hair rendering and full side-profile views for FaceTime and virtual meetings.
• New widget capabilities let users pin clocks, calendars and media panels to physical surfaces with stable anchoring and customizable display options.
• A spatial browsing mode converts flat images into AI-driven 3D “spatial scenes” on the fly for immersive web content.
• Apple has released visionOS 26 as a developer beta with a public launch slated for fall 2025, though Vision Pro’s $3,500 cost remains a major adoption hurdle.
• The update adds an immersive environment featuring a view of Jupiter from its moon Amalthea with interactive time controls for planetary rotation and storm tracking.