Apple Releases visionOS 27.0 RC with Enhanced Siri AI and Visual Intelligence
Apple has pushed the visionOS 27.0 Release Candidate update (build 24M362) to Vision Pro users ahead of its official release on September 15. The update brings Siri AI capabilities to international models, introduces visual intelligence features for scene queries, and enables setting panoramic photos as personal environments. This release integrates contextual Apple Intelligence tools into spatial computing, allowing users to interact naturally with their surroundings using vision and voice. It represents the final validation phase before general availability, ensuring platform stability for Vision Pro users. Build 24M362 arrives nine days after Beta 8, with Apple noting that regional server cache delays may postpone update availability by up to 30 minutes. The visual intelligence tool lets users look at physical objects or scenes and directly ask Siri questions about them.
## BACKGROUND
A Release Candidate (RC) is a feature-complete software build that undergoes final testing before public release, serving as the official version if no critical bugs are discovered. Visual intelligence is Apple's multimodal feature that allows devices to interpret visual surroundings and trigger contextual AI actions.