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visionOS 26.1

Beta 3 date not confirmed; omitted

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
5
Beta cycle
42d
Average interval
11d
Public release
Nov 3, 2025

Release notes

Overview

Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.

Release overview

visionOS 26.1 reached the public channel on November 3, 2025. visionOS 26.1 expanded the Apple Vision Pro companion app to iPad, added companion-device control for AirPlay viewing, and improved playback information inside Spatial Gallery.[1][2]

Documented security record

Apple's advisory documents privacy, sandbox, kernel, media, and WebKit repairs for all Apple Vision Pro models. Security groups below summarize representative affected surfaces without reproducing the full bulletin.[3]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. About the security content of visionOS 26.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · visionOS 26.1 — Released 2025-11-03

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  2. About visionOS 26 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · visionOS 26.1

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  3. About the security content of visionOS 26.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · visionOS 26.1 — security content

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Documented & observed

Changes in this version

Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

security · fixed

Safari and WebKit security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Safari spoofing and privacy issues were fixed alongside WebKit cross-origin, memory-safety, and process-stability vulnerabilities.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of visionOS 26.1 · Safari, WebKit, and WebKit Canvas entries

enhancement · introduced

Companion-device AirPlay control

documentedconfirmed

The Vision Pro app on iPhone and iPad could enable AirPlay so another display could show the wearer's Apple Vision Pro experience.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About visionOS 26 Updates · visionOS 26.1 — Apple Vision Pro app AirPlay control

security · fixed

Privacy and sandbox protections

documentedconfirmed

Apple addressed embedded-view screenshots, app fingerprinting, protected-data access, entitlement boundaries, logging, and user-preference handling.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of visionOS 26.1 · Apple Account, Assets, Find My, Installer, Notes, and Sandbox Profiles entries

enhancement · changed

Spatial Gallery video controls

documentedconfirmed

Immersive Spatial Gallery videos began showing playback controls and duration information.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About visionOS 26 Updates · visionOS 26.1 — Spatial Gallery

feature · introduced

Apple Vision Pro app on iPad

documentedconfirmed

With iPadOS 26.1, the Apple Vision Pro companion app expanded to iPad for discovering spatial content and viewing device information.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About visionOS 26 Updates · visionOS 26.1 — Apple Vision Pro app for iPad

security · fixed

Kernel and media-processing safety

documentedconfirmed

The update repaired kernel memory and stability issues plus crafted-media paths in CoreText and Model I/O.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of visionOS 26.1 · Apple Neural Engine, CoreText, Kernel, and Model I/O entries

Milestones

Release history

Every recorded channel appearance in chronological order. Open an appearance for any available build, scope, notes, and sources.

  2. +14 days
  3. +14 days
  4. +8 days
  5. +6 days

    Public release

    Public

    Full articleEditorially verified

    visionOS 26.1 reached the public channel on 2025-11-03. visionOS 26.1 expanded the Apple Vision Pro companion app to iPad, added companion-device control for AirPlay viewing, and improved playback information inside Spatial Gallery.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    9 linked
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Historical context

Cycle comparison

Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.

Historical avg for .1 releases

36 days, 7.5 milestones

Based on 2 previous visionOS .1 releases

Cycle vs. platform average

42d (avg: 67d)

25 days shorter than the visionOS average

Duration ranking

#7 of 13

Middle of the pack visionOS beta cycles

Longest gap in this cycle

14 days

Between Beta 1 and Beta 2

Previous .1 releases (visionOS)

Previous comparable visionOS releases
VersionYearCycleMilestonesAvg. Interval
visionOS 2.1202441d95d
visionOS 1.1202430d66d

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Official release notes