Apple’s big WWDC keynote address has just taken place, and it was full of new announcements including the AR/VR Vision Pro headset. Read on for all the big announcements.
Out of everything Apple announced at WWDC 2023, the Vision Pro headset was the headline release. This is one of the first big new product categories introduced since the Apple Watch in 2015 and it’s going to be massive for Apple over the next few years.
Let’s get some of the big details out of the way first. Vision Pro will cost $3499 and ship, in the USA, early next year. Further release dates will be announced later. It runs Vision OS, has 3D camera onboard and is powered by both the M2 chip and the R1 chip.
Apple also introduced a 15-inch MacBook Air with an M2 chip, a couple of new Mac Studio models and the first Apple Silicon Mac Pro with an M2 Ultra chip.
Elsewhere, we got all the big software updates we expected. iOS 17, coming later this year, has a new Standby Mode that displays widgets and a big, much more visible clock when the phone is charging and there’s a brand-new Journaling app too. watchOS 10 gets a big redesign with widgets, while the iPad gets Live Activities and the Health app.
The iPad has also, finally, got the same lock screen improvements we saw in iOS 16 for the iPhone widgets on the home screen on the home screen can be interacted with.