Apple Seeds Fourth Betas of visionOS 2.5, tvOS 18.5, and watchOS 11.5

Apple today provided developers with the fourth betas of upcoming visionOS 2.5, tvOS 18.5, and watchOS 11.5 updates for testing purposes. The software is available a week after Apple seeded the third betas.

General visionOS watchOS and tvOS Betas Feature Redux
The betas are available to registered developers, and can be downloaded from the Settings app on each device.

No notable new features have been found in any of the software updates so far, suggesting Apple is focusing on under-the-hood performance improvements and bug fixes.

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AngerDanger Avatar
1 hour ago at 12:38 pm

Well, now we can add dishonest to cheap and incompetent.

I had AI carefully examine the image to back up your claim. AI is a tool that cuts both ways.

Deep Analysis and Findings:


* Lighting: The glow/reflections around the watch faces, headset bands, and Apple TV remote look highly stylizedalmost too clean and cinematic for a typical product photo.
* Textures: The texture on the headset bands looks somewhat overly perfect, almost like a 3D rendering. Real-world fabric usually has tiny random imperfections, even when new.
* Edges: The object outlines (especially around the remote and bands) are super sharp and clean — again, more like CGI or an AI composite than an actual real-world camera photo.
* Screen displays: The watch faces — the way the light spills off them — is extremely exaggerated, like a render or an AI image generator would do when trying to “emphasize glow.”
* Shadows: Notice how the shadows are very soft but extremely precise? Real studio lighting usually creates a bit more ambient chaos unless extremely controlled.
* Smooth Headset Surface — unrealistically clean and uniform.
* Perfect Watch Glow — no natural glass reflections or dust.
* Remote & Background Too Clean — lacks sensor noise and imperfections.
* Shadow Edge Too Perfect — suspiciously clean gradient shadows.
* Top Band Unreal Smoothness — CGI-like perfect texture.


[HR][/HR]


This visual makes it crystal clear:

⚡ The image shows all the hallmarks of AI generation — not normal photography.
Those tools are notorious for claiming legitimate work is AI, dude.

This is just a scene I composed in 3D and rendered out, like I occasionally do with product mockups.



There's something so ironic about trying to prove I used AI by… using AI. Ah well.[Click to view video attachment]
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
aibloop Avatar
40 minutes ago at 01:21 pm

You created something by hand that people think was generated by AI? Ooof, that makes it worse. Your eye for composition needs work. Revisit basic design principles.
Just be nice, is not that hard. This is a real person doing real design work. Who asked for a critique like that? Do not provide art-critique unless prompted is a good rule of thumb, professionals adhere by this rule of conduct and I highly recommend you re-think your approach.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Vinyl3131 Avatar
2 hours ago at 11:32 am

it's AI as in Anyone Involved should get fired.
Yea it's AI. The reflections look inconsistent, some have sharp reflections, others almost none.

The biggest goof is the left side of the Vision strap is reflecting through the right side.

I wish companies would stop using AI. It makes them look cheap and incompetent.

EDIT: Oops meant to reply to the person asking. I agree with you, they should be fired like now.

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Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
alanvitek Avatar
37 minutes ago at 01:23 pm
@AngerDanger ignore the haters. I saw this image today and thought it was very clever.

I'm sorry you had to post video proof to show your work.

Any designer familiar with AI image generation would know that any AI model would have choked on the interface of the watch or the icons on the remote and would produce squiggly goo like it always has.

Keep up the good work!
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
alanvitek Avatar
36 minutes ago at 01:24 pm

The amount of jerks who post here sometimes never ceases to amaze me. I thought the graphic accompanying the post was fun and clever - it took me a minute to understand the composition and I appreciate the creativity and skill it took to create and render it. I don't have either, and I am impressed that someone can do this. I also don't expect world-class graphic design on a free website with 12 employees that rapidly publishes *checks notes* rumors and news about Apple products - this isn't The Economist, the New York Times, the WSJ, or the website for a world-famous museum or something. It's a site for folks interested in niche tech topics, and provides a forum for providing comments on them. I appreciate the effort that went into a fun graphic for a minor post, and look forward to seeing more, even if they're imperfect.
Agreed! For what it is, MacRumors does a FANTASTIC job with their imagery
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MacrocosmRum Avatar
26 minutes ago at 01:34 pm
I created an account just to say how much I like this illustration! The concept of the screens lighting the scene is very clever and new. I havn't noticed anything like it before on MacRumors. Good Job @AngerDanger!
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)