Apple announces visionOS 27 with Siri AI
Apple just shipped visual intelligence to Vision Pro. Siri can now understand what you're looking at in real time.
Why it matters
Apple's visionOS 27 integrates multimodal AI capabilities (visual intelligence + Siri) into spatial computing at scale. This represents a significant product-layer deployment of AI for a major consumer hardware platform, signaling how vision-enabled AI assistants are moving from research into mainstream user experiences.
The key facts
12 to knowvisionOS 27 ships with updated Siri AI assistant
New visual intelligence feature allows Siri to understand real-world objects and content on displays
Dedicated Siri app introduced for visionOS
Vision Pro Wi-Fi speed improved 3x
Panorama support for immersive scenes in visionOS
Announced at WWDC 2026 keynote
New extra-small widget size for customization
visionOS 27 announced at WWDC
Updated Siri AI assistant with visual intelligence capability
Siri can identify objects in real world via Vision Pro camera
New dedicated Siri app for visionOS
Support for panoramic immersive scenes/environments
Go to the source
The Verge Techtheverge.com
Publisher excerpt: Along with new software for Macs and iPhones, Apple announced visionOS 27 during its keynote presentation at WWDC on Monday. Like its other platforms, visionOS 27 will feature Apple's updated Siri AI assistant and the new dedicated Siri app. You can use visual intelligence to ask Siri about content…