Gurman: the new Apple Vision Pro won’t arrive for at least two years

Apple hasn’t completely abandoned the Vision Pro, but anyone hoping for a successor will be waiting at least two more years, according to BloombergIt’s Mark Gurman.

Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman resisted suggestions that Apple has abandoned the headset altogether. The well-connected journalist says the company continues to develop new technologies and materials behind the scenes with the goal of eventually producing a cheaper and lighter closed-back helmet. That said, no such product is apparently in active development, and the long-rumored “Vision Air” was canceled last year.

If a new Vision Pro-style device materializes, Gurman says he wouldn’t expect it for “about two years at least,” given that most of Apple’s mixed reality hardware talent has been drawn to other projects like lightweight smart glasses.

Indeed, Apple’s smart glasses project is now the center of attention, and former members of the Vision Products Group have been reassigned to that team, while also bolstering development of its Siri chatbot, not to mention other AI wearables such as AirPods with cameras and a planned AI pendant.

The Vision Pro’s troubled retail launch was recently covered extensively in a book by New York Times Labor reporter Noam Scheiber says Apple’s decade-long erosion of its retail workforce directly contributed to the headset’s disappointing $3,499 launch.

Apple refreshed the Vision Pro in October 2025 with an updated model featuring an M5 chip.