Release appearance
visionOS 26.1 Public
Recorded context
About this appearance
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.
- Date
- Nov 3, 2025
- Availability
- available
- Revision
- No
Release notes
What changed
Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.
Public release
Apple's dated security record places the public visionOS 26.1 appearance on 2025-11-03. This page covers that public release and does not project cumulative notes onto an earlier beta.[1][2]
What changed
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.[2]
Security and evidence boundary
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.
- About the security content of visionOS 26.1
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · visionOS 26.1 — Released 2025-11-03
- About the security content of visionOS 26.1
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · visionOS 26.1 — security content
- About the security content of visionOS 26.1
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · Apple Account, Assets, Find My, Installer, Notes, and Sandbox Profiles entries
- About the security content of visionOS 26.1
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · Apple Neural Engine, CoreText, Kernel, and Model I/O entries
- About the security content of visionOS 26.1
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · Safari, WebKit, and WebKit Canvas entries
- About visionOS 26 Updates
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · visionOS 26.1 — Apple Vision Pro app AirPlay control
- About visionOS 26 Updates
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · visionOS 26.1 — Apple Vision Pro app for iPad
- About visionOS 26 Updates
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · visionOS 26.1 — Spatial Gallery
Release changes
Changed in this release
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
security · fixed
Safari and WebKit security repairs
Safari spoofing and privacy issues were fixed alongside WebKit cross-origin, memory-safety, and process-stability vulnerabilities.
- [1] About the security content of visionOS 26.1 · Safari, WebKit, and WebKit Canvas entries
enhancement · introduced
Companion-device AirPlay control
The Vision Pro app on iPhone and iPad could enable AirPlay so another display could show the wearer's Apple Vision Pro experience.
- [1] About visionOS 26 Updates · visionOS 26.1 — Apple Vision Pro app AirPlay control
security · fixed
Privacy and sandbox protections
Apple addressed embedded-view screenshots, app fingerprinting, protected-data access, entitlement boundaries, logging, and user-preference handling.
- [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
Immersive Spatial Gallery videos began showing playback controls and duration information.
- [1] About visionOS 26 Updates · visionOS 26.1 — Spatial Gallery
feature · introduced
Apple Vision Pro app on iPad
With iPadOS 26.1, the Apple Vision Pro companion app expanded to iPad for discovering spatial content and viewing device information.
- [1] About visionOS 26 Updates · visionOS 26.1 — Apple Vision Pro app for iPad
security · fixed
Kernel and media-processing safety
The update repaired kernel memory and stability issues plus crafted-media paths in CoreText and Model I/O.
- [1] About the security content of visionOS 26.1 · Apple Neural Engine, CoreText, Kernel, and Model I/O entries