Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
iMore
iMore
Technology
Oliver Haslam

Apple's Vision Pro headset could be plagued by unoptimized apps at launch and ship with little more than windowed iPad versions

Wearing Vision Pro in the home.

Apple's Vision Pro headset is set to go up for preorder on January 19 for $3,499 after months of waiting. The headset was first announced at WWDC in June 2023 with a vague release window of early 2024. Now, we know that February 2 will be the big day, and we're starting to learn more and more about what that launch will entail.

Apple is already working on getting its stores ready for the big launch and people will be able to try the headset on for the first time if they'd like to. When they do, they'll likely have access to all of Apple's first-party apps — all of those preinstalled on the Vision Pro — as well as a select collection of third-party software. But a new report suggests that we should perhaps temper our expectations for how good those Apple-built apps are going to be when we put the Vision Pro on for the first time.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.