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visionOS 26.6

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
7
Beta cycle
62d
Average interval
10d
Public release
Jul 27, 2026

Release notes

Overview

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

visionOS 26.6 was a maintenance release that prepared Spotlight for visionOS 27 and addressed HealthKit authorization and statistics, StoreKit testing, general reliability, and security.[1][2]

Apple’s live developer notes contained approximately two topic areas and three listed items when reviewed on July 29, 2026; those counts may change.[3]

Source ledger

References

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

  1. visionOS 26.6 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · Overview

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  2. About visionOS 26 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · visionOS 26.6

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  3. visionOS 26.6 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29

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  4. visionOS 26.6 (23O770)

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · Release title and build

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.

bugFix · fixed

StoreKit Simulator session connection fix

documentedconfirmed

The RC corrected StoreKit test sessions that failed because they could not connect to the test environment from Simulator.

Recorded at RC

  1. [1] visionOS 26.6 Release Notes · StoreKit — Resolved Issues

bugFix · fixed

Overlapping-sample HealthKit average fix

documentedconfirmed

The RC corrected erroneously high temporally weighted averages for discrete quantities when samples overlap in time.

Recorded at RC

  1. [1] visionOS 26.6 Release Notes · HealthKit — Resolved Issues

bugFix · fixed

Blood-pressure HealthKit authorization fix

documentedconfirmed

The RC notes say the authorization sheet now appears for applications requesting the documented systolic or diastolic blood-pressure quantity types.

Recorded at RC

  1. [1] visionOS 26.6 Release Notes · HealthKit — Resolved Issues

bugFix · fixed

StoreKit Simulator session connection fix

documentedconfirmed

The release fixed Simulator test actions that failed because SKTestSession did not connect to the test environment.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] visionOS 26.6 Release Notes · StoreKit — Resolved Issues

bugFix · fixed

Overlapping-sample HealthKit average fix

documentedconfirmed

A HealthKit calculation error that could produce unusually high weighted averages for overlapping samples was corrected.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] visionOS 26.6 Release Notes · HealthKit — Resolved Issues

enhancement · changed

Spotlight preparation for visionOS 27

documentedconfirmed

visionOS 26.6 included preparation work for Spotlight behavior in visionOS 27 rather than a separately exposed user feature.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About visionOS 26 Updates · visionOS 26.6

bugFix · fixed

Blood-pressure HealthKit authorization fix

documentedconfirmed

The missing authorization prompt for systolic and diastolic blood-pressure quantity types was fixed.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] visionOS 26.6 Release Notes · HealthKit — Resolved Issues

Milestones

Release history

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

  2. +20 days
  3. +14 days
  4. +7 days
  5. +7 days
  6. +7 days

    Release candidate

    RC

    Full articleEditorially verified

    Apple's visionOS 26.6 RC-specific developer note documents HealthKit authorization and temporally weighted statistics plus StoreKit test-session connectivity in Simulator, without assigning public-only, build-specific, or earlier-beta material to this route.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    4 linked
    Open this appearance
  7. +7 days

    Public release

    Public

    Source-linked recordEditorially verified

    The public visionOS 26.6 release combined end-of-cycle Spotlight preparation with HealthKit, StoreKit, reliability, and security maintenance.

    Build
    23O770
    Availability
    available
    Sources
    6 linked
    Open this appearance

Historical context

Cycle comparison

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

Cycle vs. platform average

62d (avg: 66d)

4 days shorter than the visionOS average

Longest gap in this cycle

20 days

Between Beta 1 and Beta 2

Official release notes