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Apple Seeds Third Betas of visionOS 2.5, tvOS 18.5, and watchOS 11.5

Apple today provided developers with the third betas of upcoming visionOS 2.5, tvOS 18.5, and watchOS 11.5 updates for testing purposes. The software is available a week after Apple seeded the second betas.

General visionOS watchOS and tvOS Betas Feature
The betas are available to registered developers, and can be downloaded from the Settings app on each device.

No notable new features have been found in any of the software updates so far, suggesting Apple is focusing on under-the-hood performance improvements and bug fixes.

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Cuesca Avatar
14 months ago
Hmm the AW10 is bigger than I thought, the AWU is smaller than I thought and I can't seem to understand how the strap works in this picture. What's most surprising is how small the Apple Vision is as well as the size of the Apple TV.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Cuesca Avatar
14 months ago

It's a not-to-scale illustration that spells out "beta".
Is it AI generated? What did they use to generate it? Apple Intelligence?
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
WU27f1xcCs Avatar
14 months ago
You could flip the AW10 around and strap it to your face for a cheaper AVP alternative.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
johnsawyercjs Avatar
14 months ago

Hmm the AW10 is bigger than I thought, the AWU is smaller than I thought and I can't seem to understand how the strap works in this picture. What's most surprising is how small the Apple Vision is as well as the size of the Apple TV.
It's a not-to-scale illustration that spells out "beta".
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Amazing Iceman Avatar
14 months ago
AVP Beta: Another Happy Monday! 😆🥳
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