According to government media, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Sunday that Apple Vision Pro will hit the mainland China market this year.
CCTV Finance said on its Weibo social account that Cook revealed the China launch plans for the headset in response to a media question on the sidelines of the China Development Forum in Beijing.
He was quoted as saying that Apple will continue to increase research and development investments in China.
Recently a report suggested that Apple Vision Pro may soon be launched in many countries. The Cupertino-based tech giant unveiled its first mixed reality (supporting both augmented reality and virtual reality) headset at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in 2023. It later goes on sale in the US in 2024. While there have been reports suggesting the expansion of the headset into other regions, the company has not yet shared any such plans. But now, a report has found clues as to which countries may be the first to hide the Vision Pro within the code of the device’s operating system.
The strings of code in VisionOS where hints of Apple Vision Pro expansion were first spotted by MacRumors. The virtual keyboard for the device currently supports only the English (US) language. However, the report mentions that the codes suggest that support for 12 more languages will be added.
These 12 languages include Cantonese – Traditional, Chinese – Simplified, English (Australia), English (Canada), English (Japan), English (Singapore), English (UK), French (Canada), French (France), German (Germany) ) Are included. ), Japanese and Korean. Since the inclusion of language also mentions region, the report claims that China, Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore, UK, France, and Germany could be the first to sell the headset in their countries. It is noteworthy that India is not mentioned in this list.
