Apple releases visionOS 2.4 developer beta, adding Apple Intelligence, a guest mode, a Spatial Gallery app, an iPhone app for remote installs, and more
here's all the new features Wes Davis / The Verge : The Vision Pro is getting easier to share with guests, and adding a new iPhone app Aaron Brown / GB News : Apple unveils blockbuster Vision Pro update that adds Apple Intelligence and two brand-new apps Devindra Hardawar / Engadget : Apple Intelligence is headed to the Vision Pro in April, dev beta available today Lance Ulanoff / TechRadar : Apple Intelligence finally arrives on Vision Pro, but it's the new iOS app that might turn heads Matt Swider / The Shortcut : Apple Vision Pro will be a lot easier to use with visionOS 2.4 update Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Your Apple Vision Pro is getting a lot better with visionOS 2.4 Juli Clover / MacRumors : Apple Releases First visionOS 2.4 Beta With Apple Intelligence, Spatial Gallery and More Threads: David Heaney / @heaney_555 : Quest's Horizon OS should really get a Guest Mode too. It could show a streamlined interface with the ability to select whitelisted apps, have no access to People, Files, Camera, or Gallery, and ideally be launchable from the app. Any plans for something like that @mrabkin? David Heaney / @heaney_555 : The iPhone-driven guest flow will be a game-changer for giving Apple Vision Pro demos! Chance Miller / @chancehmiller : Apple Vision Pro is getting a huge update with visionOS 2.4, available today for developer beta testers: - Apple Intelligence support - New ‘Spatial Gallery’ app - Big changes to Guest Mode - A new “Apple Vision Pro” app for iPhone" New Spatial Gallery app looks awesome. Here it is in action: X: Greg Joswiak / @gregjoz : Apple Intelligence continues rolling out to more languages and more platforms! It will expand to eight more languages across iPhone, iPad, and Mac and is set to arrive on Apple Vision Pro in April. Developers can start exploring these new capabilities today. Justin Ryan / @justinryanio : This is a big update! visionOS 2.4 Beta is now available and I'm genuinely excited! The public release hits in April, but here's the rundown of what's available in visionOS 2.4 Beta today: • Apple Intelligence is coming to Vision Pro! All those rumors that said the first model [video] @m1astra : Vision Pro Guest User with iPhone and iPad: With visionOS 2.4, users can start a Guest User session with their nearby iPhone or iPad. Apple Vision Pro users around the world have loved sharing the magic of spatial computing with family, friends, and colleagues through Guest [video] Ben Geskin / @bengeskin : Apple Intelligence is coming to Apple Vision Pro! 🚀 With iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS Sequoia 15.4 in April, it also expands to iPhone and iPad users in the EU for the first time 🇪🇺 More languages are being added, including French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), [image] Phil Traut / @spatiallyme : NEW in visionOS 2.4: Spatial Gallery with curated Spatial Photos, Videos and Panoramas from Apple, Red Bull, Porsche and more. Also: behind-the-scenes moments from Apple Originals like Disclaimer, Severance, and Shrinking - my favourite! [video] Aaron / @aaronp613 : New app for visionOS called Spatial Gallery - Coming in visionOS 2.4 [video] LinkedIn: Jaikannan Ramamoorthy : I have been involved in building the new Spatial Gallery app for Vision Pro from beginning. It was enlightening to see what it took to build it, produce and manage great content. … Justin Joung : Apple Intelligence is coming to Apple Vision Pro in April. The first set of powerful features includes Writing Tools, Image Playground, and Genmoji. Gray McCarty : Introducing Apple Intelligice on Vision Pro, and a brand new app from Apple, Spatial Gallery! With Spatial Gallery, users will enjoy breathtaking … Forums: r/apple : The Vision Pro is getting Apple Intelligence in April r/apple : Apple Intelligence comes to Vision Pro in April r/VisionPro : Apple Intelligence coming to Vision Pro , plus new apps See also Mediagazer
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The beta turns a reported Vision Pro refresh into a developer-facing release, confirming the planned combination of Apple Intelligence, a spatial-content destination, and sharing improvements in the previously reported visionOS 2.4 refresh.
Vision Pro had already been positioned around immersive media and productivity apps, from launch-day streaming and sports support to Microsoft’s workplace suite. The new features broaden the operating system’s own discovery, setup, and assistant layers rather than adding a single standalone app.
First-order effects
- Vision Pro developers can begin testing Apple Intelligence integration and the new system features before the stated April arrival, while Apple gains a more complete software package for the headset.
- Guest sessions can be initiated from an iPhone or iPad, and the iPhone companion app can remotely install Vision Pro apps; Spatial Gallery gives Apple a dedicated surface for curated spatial photos, videos, and panoramas.
Second-order effects
- The companion-app and guest-mode changes reduce setup and handoff friction for shared demonstrations, making the iPhone a more central control point for Vision Pro ownership.
- A first-party Spatial Gallery gives spatial-media creators and existing content providers another Apple-controlled discovery channel, building on the headset’s earlier iPhone-recorded spatial-video workflow.
Third-order effects
- If Apple continues pairing headset updates with iPhone controls, curated content, and Apple Intelligence, Vision Pro’s differentiation will increasingly rest on integration with Apple’s device and software ecosystem rather than headset hardware alone.
- The release points to spatial computing evolving through incremental operating-system improvements—sharing, content discovery, and AI features—that must make a specialized device usable more often before its app ecosystem can deepen.
The trend: Apple is turning spatial computing into an ecosystem service, using AI and companion-device integration to lower the friction of using and sharing headsets.