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YouTube, Netflix, and Spotify haven't developed apps for Apple's new Vision Pro headset yet, but YouTube is now saying that a Vision Pro app is on its "roadmap."
"We're excited to see Vision Pro launch and we're supporting it by ensuring YouTube users have a great experience in Safari," YouTube spokesperson Jessica Gibby told The Verge.
"We do not have any specific plans to share at this time, but can confirm that a Vision Pro app is on our roadmap," Gibby added.
Apple Vision Pro users currently have to open a web browser to watch YouTube videos, listen to music on Spotify, or stream content on Netflix via their respective websites. There's also Juno, an unofficial YouTube app for the Vision Pro made by developer Christian Selig. It's unclear, however, if an official YouTube app would make Juno unnecessary.
(You may remember Selig as the creator of the unofficial iOS Reddit app Apollo, which was eventually shut down following an expensive Reddit API update that made its continued support "impossible" for the developer.)
But there's lots more to do with the "spatial computer" besides searching YouTube for the latest MrBeast video. You can FaceTime friends and family, write code, play Steam games, or even engage in some "intuitive hand gestures" thanks to a remote-controlled sex toy app.
The Apple Vision Pro's app store has all iPad-compatible apps available by default, but YouTube, Netflix, and Spotify reportedly chose to opt out. "We have to be careful about making sure that we’re not investing in places that are not really yielding a return," Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters said recently.
Disney+ offers 3D movies on the Vision Pro, however, and Amazon Prime Video, Max, Peacock, Paramount+, and others are all supported apps on Apple's newest device.