Apple Resumes Vision Pro Successor Work Under Codename N224
After a string of cancelled Vision Pro follow-ups, Apple's renewed effort is still an early-stage project whose fate Gurman frames as uncertain, which keeps the headset line's next step open rather than settled.
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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple is again developing a successor to the Apple Vision Pro under the codename N224, with about four concepts under consideration, including a design that relies heavily on an external device. Gurman says the project is early and receiving what he calls life-support measures, with no guarantee of release. If it ships, he expects late 2028 or early 2029.
The new effort follows a run of cancellations. In 2024, codename N107 aimed to shrink the headset by offloading computing to a Mac, and it was cancelled. In 2025, codename N100, also called Vision Air, kept the current sealed design while moving many components to an external device, and that was cancelled too. The lighter, lower-priced codename N109 ended the same way. Gurman reported in 2025 that the improvement plan was suspended in favor of smart glasses aimed at Meta's products, and he now says development has resumed.
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