Apple today released the release candidate of its upcoming visionOS 1.1 update to developers for testing. The release candidate comes a week after the release of the fourth beta.
The visionOS release candidate can be downloaded by developers by going to the Settings app on the device and toggling on the developer betas switch. Access to the release candidate requires a registered developer account. Apple recommends that developers make a backup before installing betas or release candidates.
The release candidate’s full release notes 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 dataMessages
– Adds support for iMessage Contact Key VerificationAccessibility
– Closed captions can be anchored to the playback control while viewing Apple Immersive VideoPersona (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 EyeSightVirtual 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 unexpectedlyMac 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 foundCaptive Network Support
– Ability to set up your device while using a captive WiFi network such as those found at hotels, cafes and airportsFor information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222
visionOS will likely be released to the public in less than a week.
As usual, MacTrast and Apple both warn users to not install any betas or release candidates on their daily driver Vision Pro, instead only installing them on devices set aside for testing purposes.
