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Apple Releases visionOS 1.1 – Brings Improvements to Persona, EyeSight, More

Apple today released visionOS 1.1, an update for its Vision Pro headset’s operating system. The release marks the first major update released since the device launched.

The new ‌visionOS‌ update can be installed by opening the settings app and going to the software update section.

Apple’s release notes for the update are as follows:

Mobile Device Management
– Enables account-driven device and user enrollment using Managed Apple IDs
– Support for device configuration (Wi-Fi, VPN, email accounts, single sign-on, and more)
– Support for deploying apps in volume including iPhone and iPad compatible apps, visionOS apps included in a Universal purchase, and proprietary in-house visionOS apps
– Support for remote erase via MDM and device inventory data

Messages
– Adds support for iMessage Contact Key Verification

Accessibility
– Closed captions can be anchored to the playback control while viewing Apple Immersive Video

Persona (beta) and EyeSight
– Adds an option to enroll your Persona hands-free
– Improves hair and makeup appearance
– Improves neck and mouth representation
– Improves rendering of the eyes for EyeSight

Virtual keyboard
– Cursor positioning for text input is now more accurate
– Resolves some instances where the virtual keyboard placement obscures the text input field
– Fixes an issue where in some cases, the text preview on the virtual keyboard may appear out of sync with the text field in the app
– Fixes an issue where the edit menu may appear unexpectedly

Mac Virtual Display
– Improves the reliability of discovering and connecting to a Mac using Mac Virtual Display
– Resolves an issue where Universal Control may stop working
– Addresses a connectivity issue that occurs when a previously paired Bluetooth device cannot be found

Captive Network Support
– Ability to set up your device while using a captive WiFi network such as those found at hotels, cafes and airports

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

Chris Hauk

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