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visionOS 2.1 Public

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The public visionOS 2.1 release focused on Apple Music playback reliability and a broad set of privacy, media-processing, backup, kernel, Siri, Safari, and WebKit security corrections.

Date
Oct 28, 2024
Availability
available
Revision
No

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  1. About the security content of visionOS 2.1

    Apple Support · 2024-10-28T00:00:00.000Z · App Support and Shortcuts

  2. visionOS 2.1 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · Apple Music — Resolved Issues

  3. About the security content of visionOS 2.1

    Apple Support · 2024-10-28T00:00:00.000Z · AppleAVD, CoreText, Foundation, ImageIO, and Pro Res

  4. About the security content of visionOS 2.1

    Apple Support · 2024-10-28T00:00:00.000Z · CoreMedia Playback, IOSurface, Kernel, Managed Configuration, MobileBackup, and Siri

  5. About the security content of visionOS 2.1

    Apple Support · 2024-10-28T00:00:00.000Z · Safari Private Browsing and WebKit

  6. About the security content of visionOS 2.1

    Apple Support · 2024-10-28T00:00:00.000Z · visionOS 2.1 security content

  7. About visionOS 2 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · visionOS 2.1

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

security · fixed

Shortcut consent and file-access protections

documentedconfirmed

The release tightened path handling and logic around shortcut execution and protected-file access.

  1. [1] About the security content of visionOS 2.1 · App Support and Shortcuts

bugFix · fixed

Apple Music playback fix

documentedconfirmed

The developer release notes identify a direct playback reliability correction for audio and music-video content.

  1. [1] visionOS 2.1 Release Notes · Apple Music — Resolved Issues

security · fixed

Media, font, and image parsing hardening

documentedconfirmed

Apple documented protections across AppleAVD, CoreText, Foundation, ImageIO, and Pro Res processing paths.

  1. [1] About the security content of visionOS 2.1 · AppleAVD, CoreText, Foundation, ImageIO, and Pro Res

security · fixed

Private data, backup, and kernel protections

documentedconfirmed

CoreMedia, IOSurface, Kernel, Managed Configuration, MobileBackup, and Siri received documented security corrections.

  1. [1] About the security content of visionOS 2.1 · CoreMedia Playback, IOSurface, Kernel, Managed Configuration, MobileBackup, and Siri

security · fixed

Safari privacy and WebKit security fixes

documentedconfirmed

The release closed several browser privacy, isolation, and stability weaknesses documented with CVE identifiers.

  1. [1] About the security content of visionOS 2.1 · Safari Private Browsing and WebKit