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Updated · heise online · Jun 23Apple Limits visionOS 27 Siri AI to Vision Pro M5, Excluding €3,999 M2
3 articles · Updated · heise online · Jun 23Summary
- visionOS 27 will withhold two Siri AI features from the Vision Pro M2, leaving full support only on the newer M5 headset.
- Those missing features are on-device natural Siri voices and the local AFM 3 Core Advanced model, meaning the M2 may need cloud processing more often.
- Apple has not fully explained the cutoff: both Vision Pro models have 16GB of RAM, pointing instead to possible limits in the older M2 Neural Engine.
- The move extends Apple's broader device-tiering strategy already seen on iPhones and Macs, where older chips get only partial Siri AI support.
- visionOS 27 is due in the fall, likely September, with a public beta scheduled to begin in July.
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With identical RAM, what truly prevents the Vision Pro M2 from running Apple's most advanced on-device AI? Is Apple's new AI a true innovation or a strategy to force expensive hardware upgrades?