A new Vision Pro model will enter mass production during the second half of 2025, according to reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, and it will be powered by the yet-to-be-announced M5 chip. The headset will also get Apple Intelligence, which, combined with its spatial computing, will be its main selling point.
It’s expected that other design, spec, or hardware elements won’t change much, which should help keep the price from going up. Instead, Kuo speculates that the price will stay pretty much the same, giving Apple another chance to provide enough value to justify the $3,000 price tag.
While Apple has a bit of a reputation for taking niche products mainstream (e.g., tablets and wearables), it wasn’t able to achieve this with the first version of the Vision Pro. It makes sense to try again at the same price point or release a budget version, while trying to deliver more value to the average buyer.
Rather than Apple Intelligence, however, it’s more likely to be weight and battery improvements that really push the product toward mainstream popularity. These will come eventually, but there’s no word yet on whether the second generation will manage it. That’s not to say Apple Intelligence isn’t important — the better Siri gets, for example, the easier it will be to interact with the Vision Pro naturally.
While we’re waiting for the Vision Pro 2, the first model should get Apple Intelligence as well, although not until next year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. This isn’t too surprising since it’s clear that the headset’s specs could handle Apple Intelligence, and every other product in that situation is getting it.
Speech-to-text apps have flooded the App Store, making it easier than ever to type on our Macs with just our voice. I have previously covered one such app called TypeWhisper. However, there has been a dearth of good text-to-speech models, and most of the good ones are locked behind a subscription.
Ollama, an open-source app that lets you run local AI models on your computer, wants to change that. It works on macOS, Windows, and Linux, and your prompts are never stored or used for training.
Did you think hitting delete on your AI chatbot conversation actually makes it disappear? Georgia Tech researchers just proved that's not entirely true. They have built a forensic tool called ORISA that can dig deleted conversations from your phone and even rebuild them into a working chatbot session you can keep talking to.
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Touchscreen laptops have been around for years. You can get them in all sizes and shapes. Just not from Apple. For years, the Cupertino giant has treated the idea of a touchscreen MacBook the way I treat a meeting that could have been an email: with open contempt. However, Wednesday looks like the day the company could finally change its mind.
The latest Apple invite puts the “Pro and Tell” showcase in Los Angeles at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) on October 28, 2026. Instead of a regular live-streamed keynote, it is an invitation-only, hands-on event for a handful of press and creators (similar to what the company did for the MacBook Neo earlier this year).