About this episode
Eric, Dave, and Marty speak about the new VisionOS 26 developer beta, talk about a potential YouTube app, and review Gurman’s AVP/Meta comparison. NEWS this week Beta 8 came out today:https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-26-release-notes What’s new from beta 7 ? beta 8Release/build only: Beta 8 arrived Aug 25, 2025 as 23M5332a (beta 7 was Aug 18 as 23M5328a). Apple doesn’t list any additional new features, APIs, or headline-level changes for beta 8 beyond the build bump. Tooling: The latest posted tools are still Xcode 26 beta 6 (17A5305f) from Aug 18; no newer Xcode dropped alongside beta 8. Practical takeFor users: Treat beta 8 as a stability/bug-fix pass—no Apple-documented user-facing additions over beta 7. For developers: Re-run regressions on areas you touched for beta 7 (e.g., CompositorServices hover/immersion behavior, ARKit Accessory Tracking, RealityKit popover/presentation components, RemoteImmersiveSpace stability, StoreKit’s new promo-offer APIs). Those were the substantive changes in beta 7 and remain the focus with beta 8. Dave looks at F1https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/f1-the-movie/umc.cmc.3t6dvnnr87zwd4wmvpdx5cameVivo's Vision Pro clone costs $1,400 and weighs 398ghttps://9to5mac.com/2025/08/21/vivos-vision-pro-clone-costs-1400-and-weighs-398g/ Vivo's $1,400 Apple Vision Pro Clone Launches Across Chinahttps://forums.macrumors.com/threads/vivos-1-400-apple-vision-pro-clone-launches-across-china.2463751/ Vivo Vision Mixed-Reality Headset Steps Up to Apple, but Still a Tough Sellhttps://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/vivo-vision-mixed-reality-headset-steps-up-to-apple-but-still-a-tough-sell/#ftag=CAD590a51e Don't count out an M4-powered Apple Vision Pro just yethttps://9to5mac.com/2025/08/17/apple-vision-pro-upgrade/ Apple Vision Pro 2: The M5 Chip & Al Make It A MUST-BUYhttps://www.geeky-gadgets.com/apple-vision-pro-2-2/ Mark Gurman: Q&A on Apple's smart glasses and the Vision Prohttps://www.reddit.com/r/augmentedreality/comments/1mz4zp2/mark_gurman_qa_on_apples_smart_glasses_and_the/ Full Article: https://archive.is/u7oJXApple is Exploring the use of Intuitive Interfaces for a future Vision Pro device with Ul Controls embedded in a Touch-Sensitive side surfacehttps://www.patentlyapple.com/2025/08/apple-is-exploring-the-use-of-intuitive-interfaces-for-a-future-vision-pro-device-with-ui-controls-embedded-in-a-touch-sensit.html Hands on with Apple Vision Pro in the wildhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/23/08/18/hands-on-with-apple-vision-pro-in-the-wild Meta Has Already Won the Smart Glasses Racehttps://www.wired.com/story/meta-has-already-won-the-smart-glasses-race/ HBO launch
