Apple held its WWDC25 keynote yesterday, where it announced a new suite of software updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS – all under the new version numbering umbrella of ’26’. A new suite of OS releases comes with a new version of Xcode, which also falls under the new 26 naming umbrella.
In the first beta of Xcode 26, the developer tool used to build apps for these new operating systems, Apple now includes a new ‘Vision Pro 4K’ simulator.
In Xcode 26, the current generation of Apple Vision Pro is now referred to as “Apple Vision Pro 4K.” This only shows up when using a new simulator with visionOS 26 on it, and existing simulators for visionOS 2 do not reflect this new name.
While it initially seemed like this might’ve been a naming slip indicating hardware details about future generations of Apple Vision Pro, it turns out this is actually a reference to the fact that the visionOS simulator now outputs in 4K. Prior to visionOS 26, the Vision Pro simulator output at the resolution of the 12.9″ iPad Pro.
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- Anker MagSafe 2-in-1 Wireless Charging Stand with Qi2
- MOFT Magnetic Wallet Stand, fits up to 3 cards
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- SanDisk Extreme 2TB USB-C SSD, up to 1050MB/s
- Aulumu Vegan Leather Case for iPhone 16 Pro
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