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WWDC 2025: visionOS 26 Announced With Improvements to Personas and New Spatial Features

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Written by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 10 June 2025 13:13 IST

WWDC 2025: visionOS 26 Announced With Improvements to Personas and New Spatial Features

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WWDC 2025: visionOS 26 s native playback of content from Insta360, GoPro, and Canon

Highlights

With visionOS 26, Personas will have natural hair, lashes, and complexion
Spatial scenes are the enhanced version of Spatial Photos and use AI
Apple is also adding spatial browsing with visionOS 26

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visionOS 26 was previewed by Apple at the keynote session of its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2025. The major update to the operating system for the Vision Pro introduces new features and enhanced spatial experiences. The operating system also significantly improves Personas, adds spatial effects in Widgets, and brings a new Spatial Scenes feature. Apart from this, the Cupertino-based tech giant has also added new Apple Intelligence features and quality-of-life improvements. visionOS 26 developer beta is now available to , and the first public beta is expected to arrive sometime next month.

Everything New With the visionOS 26 rp1e

Unlike Apple's other operating systems, visionOS 26 will not undergo any drastic design changes, as the new Liquid Glass interface (UI) is based on the spatial interface of visionOS. However, with this iterative update, the company has focused on refining the existing features and adding new ones that add to them. The tech giant has also focused on expanding the range of spatial (augmented reality or AR) experiences to bring cohesiveness to the OS.

Widgets Are Now Spatial 553u6m

Apple is now making the widgets in visionOS 26 spatial. This means widgets such as Clock, Weather, Music, and Photos all AR elements. s can now immerse these widgets into their spaces, and these widgets will reappear at the same spot whenever they use their Vision Pro. The company says these widgets are customisable with a large number of options for frame width, colour, and depth.

Spatial widgets
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Vision Pro s can also decorate their mixed-reality spaces with widgets by adding spatial photos, clocks with unique watch faces, and quick access to playlists and songs on Apple Music.

Improved Personas and Shared Spatial Experiences 3k1e5i

Personas are getting a major upgrade with visionOS 26. The tech giant says it used volumetric rendering and machine learning technology to improve the expressiveness and sharpness of the digital avatars. Personas will also show a full side profile view, and are said to feature accurate hair, eyelashes, and complexion. While creating a Persona, s can now also preview it and make adjustments to it. Notably, Apple has added more than 1,000 options for glasses.

Improvements to Personas
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Shared spatial experiences are also getting an update. Apple Vision Pro s can now invite other s to their space to watch a movie in 3D, play a spatial game, or collaborate for work. s can also add remote participants via FaceTime.

Spatial Scenes Introduced 372e30

Spatial Scenes can be understood as an enhanced version of spatial photos that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to add depth and increased perspective to an image. As a result, these images appear lifelike, where s can slightly lean into the scene. The new Spatial Scenes can be viewed via the Photos app, the Spatial Gallery app, and the Safari browser.

Spatial Browsing and Native for 360-degree Videos 6l1k4v

The Safari browser is also getting spatial capabilities. With a new button, s can make the browsing and article reading experience more immersive. Safari will also spatial scenes, enabling s to take full advantage of the experience.

Spatial browsing in Safari
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Additionally, Apple confirmed that visionOS 26 will native playback of 180-degree, 360-degree, and wide field-of-view (FOV) content from devices such as Insta360, GoPro, and Canon. Even if the content is 2D, s can now view these videos in a more immersive manner. The OS update will also add for the PlayStation VR2 Sense controller.

Apple Intelligence and Quality of Life Improvements 1f252h

Apart from these major introductions and improvements, visionOS 26 is also getting new Apple Intelligence features, including updates to Image Playground. The AI features now also new languages, including French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish, as well as English in Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, and the UK. You can read more about the AI features here.

Other quality of life improvements include Look to Scroll, which lets s explore apps and websites using their eyes. s can now customise scroll speed, and developers have the option to integrate the feature into third-party apps. Control Centre is also being redesigned to display features such as Guest , Focus, and Travel Mode in a single view.

Additionally, s will now be able to unlock their iPhone while wearing their Vision Pro. This can be enabled in Settings for Face ID-ed iPhone models. The mixed-reality headset can also relay calls from a nearby iPhone and answer directly within Vision Pro.

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