Newly released images claim to show that Apple is preparing an Apple Vision Pro in black, although this is a rumor that keeps cropping up.
Back in April 2025, it was claimed that Apple’s second Apple Vision Pro headset would come in either black or a dark blue color. Then there was a leak of a dark blue connecting cable, and in December 2025 there came a leaked image of a black headset connector.
Most of those rumors came from Apple prototype collector Kosutami, who has a mixed track record. But now a Hong Kong developer known as both pipfix and LusiRoy8, has shared two further images of components for what may be a black Apple Vision Pro.
This leaker has little track record beyond revealing colors of the iPhone 17 Pro, and all that’s claimed here is that a black headset is “upcoming.” It could still be that these images come from the same or similar sources as before, and that Apple tested a black version before deciding on the light-colored one it eventually released.
That appears, for instance, to be exactly what happened with the Apple Watch Ultra. Although in that case, Apple did eventually release a version in black.
One thing that might support the new claim, though, is that one image appears to show packaging that contains more than a dozen of the same black component. So it could be that Apple really is gearing up manufacturing to release a black Apple Vision Pro.
Except you can’t just run off one copy when you’re testing. Even if you could, part of the test would be to find problems with mass production.
So for now, there’s no way to be sure that a black model is coming. There’s also no way to tell that this isn’t some kind of third-party colorway accessory, that a prospective purchaser fills with a speaker assembly.
There’s also the argument that Apple’s upgrading the Apple Vision Pro to an M5 processor was already criticized for being a small update. Releasing it with just a new color would seem at best to suggest that an actual Apple Vision Pro 2 remains far off.
But then there is that precedent of the Apple Watch Ultra 2. Despite being called version 2, it had no changes and no updates other than coming in black.
It seems unlikely that many Apple Watch Ultra 1 owners upgraded to the Apple Watch Ultra 2, then. And surely no Apple Vision Pro buyers would spend another $3,500 on a black version if that were the only difference.
A black Apple Vision Pro would look rather good, though.
This story originally appeared on Appleinsider
