Apple has rolled out an upgraded Vision Pro that’s powered by its new M5 chip – the same silicon used in the new iPad Pro and MacBook Pro. The new model also introduces a redesigned Dual Knit Band, which finally looks like it might address one of the original Vision Pro’s biggest complaints: comfort.
But the headline change here is performance, and Apple says the M5 chip brings a 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and a 16-core Neural Engine built on the company’s latest 3nm process. Apple says it’s up to 50 per cent faster in AI-heavy tasks and up to twice as quick for some third-party apps. That’s a lot of power for a headset that already wasn’t exactly slow.
The Vision Pro is now powered by the M5 chip.
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Visually, Apple’s also promising slightly sharper and smoother visuals. Thanks to the M5, the new Vision Pro renders around 10 per cent more pixels on its micro-OLED panels, plus up to 120Hz refresh rates. Hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading are new too, though it remains to be seen how many apps will actually take advantage of that.
Battery life gets a small bump to 2.5 hours of mixed use, or three hours if you’re just watching videos. Meanwhile, the refreshed Dual Knit Band now uses a 3D-knitted fabric and a dual-rib design with tungsten counterweights, which Apple claims offers better balance and fit adjustments. Finally, the updated Vision Pro runs on visionOS 26, bringing new Apple Intelligence features and 180-degree immersive video support.
Availability and pricing
The updated Vision Pro will retail in Singapore from S$4,999, with pre-orders opening on 17 October and availability on 22 October – just in time for anyone ready to see what the “spatial computer” looks like in its second act.
Apart from the iPad Pro, Apple also announced a new 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 chip and an updated iPad Pro with the M5 chip. You can read about them below.
