Apple is getting ready to launch its subsequent Imaginative and prescient Professional headset “as early as this 12 months,” in keeping with a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The upcoming system will reportedly function an upgraded M4 processor, together with a redesigned strap to fight neck and head ache.
The $3,499 Imaginative and prescient Professional, which was launched in February 2024, makes use of a now-three-year-old M2 processor. As reported by Bloomberg, the Imaginative and prescient Professional’s subsequent iteration might include an emphasis on AI, a transfer that will align with the corporate’s efforts to infuse AI throughout the iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Based on Bloomberg, Apple might outfit the subsequent Imaginative and prescient Professional with greater than the 16 neural engine cores obtainable on the present M2-equipped headset. If true, that will make it the primary M4 chip with greater than 16 neural cores — to this point, solely the M2 Extremely and M3 Extremely have include greater than that. Even with out the additional cores, the M4’s 16-core NPU remains to be greater than two instances sooner than one on the M2.
Bloomberg studies that Apple can be testing new Imaginative and prescient Professional straps to make the round 1.4-pound system extra snug to put on as effectively. My former colleague Wes Davis discovered that the Imaginative and prescient Professional was most snug when the included Solo Knit Band was paired with a $50 Belkin Head Strap than with both of Apple’s two included bands on their very own.