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Apple Releases visionOS 2.6

Apple today released visionOS 2.6, the sixth update to the visionOS 2 operating system that came out in September. visionOS 2.6 comes two months after the launch of visionOS 2.5.

visionOS 2 on Apple Vision Pro Feature
visionOS 2.6 can be downloaded on all Vision Pro headsets by navigating to the Settings app, selecting the General section, and choosing the Software Update option.

According to Apple's release notes, visionOS 2.6 focuses on bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements. There are no new features in the update.

More on what's included in visionOS can be found in our visionOS roundup.

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Top Rated Comments

13 months ago
Updating right now. Hopefully the device will be a tad lighter after updating.

Edit: I don’t have any system sounds after updating. Anybody else experiencing this?
Edit 2: They came back after simple restarting.
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