GoKawiilA report a year ago said that we could expect an Apple Vision Air product in the second half of 2027. This was expected to address both of the issues that have led to the Vision Pro being such a niche product.
This week brought two reports suggesting that we may have to wait significantly longer for a Vision Air, if indeed we ever see one at all …
It’s almost exactly a year since analyst Ming-Chi Kuo posted a report on Apple’s roadmap for Vision products. He told us what we might expect in terms of timings for both future Vision headsets and the long-awaited Apple Glasses.
He said at the time that we should expect to see a Vision Air product in Q3 of 2027, with the first-generation Apple Glasses launched the same year.
Vision Air delayed or cancelled
However, two reports within the past week have said otherwise. While both state that we can expect to see Apple Glasses next year as previously suggested, the wait for a Vision Air product is likely to be significantly longer.
Bloomberg at one point suggested that Apple had shelved a Vision Air product altogether. Gurman changed his mind on Sunday, stating that the cheaper, slimmer, and lighter version of Vision Pro was still in the works but would not debut next year.
Apple has also been working on a slimmer and lighter headset to succeed to the $3,499 Vision Pro, but I don’t anticipate that to launch before late 2028 or 2029.
Kuo too has changed his mind, saying there are no supply-chain signs of the Vision Air at all as the company focuses exclusively on the glasses form-factor for Vision products.
The Apple XR headset and smart glasses roadmap I put together about a year ago is no longer a useful reference. For now, only two smart glasses products remain visible in the roadmap. The major overhaul was signed off by Apple’s next CEO John Ternus […] as Apple shifts resources toward smart glasses with greater mass-market potential.
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