New Delhi: Google has recently introduced a dedicated YouTube application for the Apple Vision Pro headset, offering a native experience to visionOS users. With this release, users can watch standard YouTube videos as well as YouTube Shorts inside the fully immersive environment. It also includes a dedicated Spatial section for discovering 3D, VR180, and 360-degree videos. It supports high-resolution playback, including up to 8K. The YouTube application for visionOS is dedicated to the Spatial tab. This section helps users discover spatial content by including 3D, VR180, and 360-degree videos.
It is particularly suited to mixed-reality viewing and makes better use of the headset’s capabilities. For the newer Vision Pro model powered by the M5 chip, the application also supports 8K resolution playback, offering improved clarity for compatible videos. The YouTube application for Apple Vision Pro also includes access to standard YouTube features such as subscriptions, watch history, playlists, and YouTube Shorts. This latest application is available on the visionOS App Store, and it supports both M2 and M5 chip models of the headset. The application will require visionOS 26 or later and is available in 77 languages, including Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Marathi, and more.
This application is especially designed to work with visionOS gesture controls. Users can resize the video windows, scrub through the timelines, and navigate the interface using hand movements, without the need for physical controllers.
