Apple Announces New Vision Pro Powered by M5 Chip October 17, 2025

Earlier this week, Apple quietly announced hardware revisions for their MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro devices will be releasing later this week. The big news about this announcement was that all this hardware will now be powered by Apple’s new M5 processor.

This is a powerful enhancement for the Vision Pro, as the M5 is capable of Ray Tracing as well as enhanced AI performance over the current M2 chip. This can mean better in-app performance, longer battery life, and a higher theoretical refresh rate.

Other than the chip, it doesn’t appear that there are any new features of this Vision Pro that will not be offered to existing Vision Pro owners. That new dual knit head strap does look nice….but it will be sold separately for $99US at Apple Stores.