Apple appears to be preparing the ground for the international launch of its revolutionary Vision Pro mixed reality headset. The French release may arrive in just a few weeks.
According to a new report, the company has started inviting employees in its French stores to undergo training on the Vision Pro. French site WatchGeneration says its sources indicate that Apple has scheduled a “product training event” this summer, focused on an unspecified new product. Although it is not explicitly named, the Vision Pro is logically the device in question sinceThis is Apple’s only major new product that is not yet available outside the United States.
The alleged Vision Pro training for Apple retail staff in France suggests that the company is targeting a launch in this market as early as July or August. This matches previous predictions from analysts like Ming-Chi Kuo that Apple would bring its spatial computing headset to other countries in time for the visionOS 2 beta, which aims to expand developer support.
The Apple Vision Pro will be released this summer in France
Besides France, recent job offers have suggested that Australia and Japan could be among the first international markets to benefit from Vision Pro availabilityfollowing the US rollout which began in early 2024. However, the only official confirmation to date has come from Apple CEO Tim Cook, who said the headset would appear in China before the end of the year. ‘year.
For its overseas debut, Apple began training its U.S. retail teams on Vision Pro in mid-January, about two weeks before the $3,499 mixed reality headset launched in early February. The company took a very hands-on approach, with extensive in-person training, to ensure staff were able to properly introduce consumers to this radically new computing experience.
If Apple follows the same schedule, the launch should take place around two weeks after the start of training for French employees, so everything suggests that Apple is now aiming for a launch this summer here. It now remains to be seen how much the headset will cost. Based on the price of similar MacBooks, it is possible that it will be sold between 4200 and 4250 euros.
Source: WatchGeneration