With Spatial Widgets on Apple Vision Pro, Apple transitions your wall decor into your headset experience.
Apple is redefining how we interact with our surroundings by introducing spatial widgets in visionOS 26, unveiled at WWDC 2025.
Vision Pro users can now place interactive elements—such as clocks, music controls, weather updates, and photo galleries—directly in their environment. These widgets remain anchored in space, reappearing each time you wear the headset.
While widgets have long been part of iOS and macOS, providing quick access to information on various devices, visionOS 26 elevates them from screens to your physical space.
Each widget is fully customizable in terms of size, color, depth, and layout. Once positioned, the Vision Pro remembers their locations, ensuring they’re always ready for you upon your next use.
The visionOS 26 update signals a significant move toward persistent spatial computing, making these widgets integral to your environment.
The Photos widget offers a panoramic view, wrapping around your visual field, which Apple describes as a “window to another space.” The Clock widget provides various face styles that can be pinned to an imaginary wall.
The Weather widget keeps you updated automatically based on your location and time of day, while the Music widget provides easy access to Apple Music in a floating, spatially aware interface.
The usage of spatial widgets appears seamless, according to Apple’s demonstration. However, it prompts us to consider how these digital environments are altering our connection with the physical world.
The WWDC demo brings to mind a video of a man living in an all-white apartment devoid of art or personal touches; the room only came to life when he donned a headset. Without it, he faced stark blank walls.
While Apple does not directly endorse this minimalistic vision, as Vision Pro is often portrayed in warm, well-furnished homes, the functionality of widgets for information, memories, music, and ambiance begins to mimic the utility of physical objects.
Vision Pro Remains Niche for Now
The visionOS 26 update is currently available in developer beta, with a public launch anticipated in fall 2025. As more developers create spatial widgets, the headset may become increasingly useful in everyday scenarios.
The ultimate aim of AR/VR technology is to enhance reality by overlaying digital elements onto the physical world. As with any technology, its impact can be beneficial or detrimental.
In a less-than-ideal scenario, these spatial widgets could be intrusive advertisements, reshaping our reality in unsettling ways. Apple is unlikely to pursue this route, as it would face significant backlash.
It’s all too easy to envision dystopian futures where technology serves against our interests rather than in our favor. Nevertheless, Apple maintains a relatively positive track record—at least for a corporation.