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So close, yet so far away. Ahead of WWDC 2024, I was hoping that Apple would let me mirror my iPhone inside Vision Pro, just like they let me use my Mac as a giant virtual display. Instead, iPhone Mirroring is now available in macOS Sequoia. As the name suggests, this feature lets you see everything on your iPhone from the comfort of your Mac.
butI wondered what would happen if I mirrored the Mac that was mirroring my iPhone on the Vision Pro. In theory, that would seem like an ideal workaround; it would solve the annoying problem of headsets not working well with iPhones. But alas, it doesn’t work. Knowledgeable sources tell me that Apple’s hardware only supports one feature at this time: Continuity mirroring. So if you’re sending your Mac’s screen to the Vision Pro, you can’t mirror your iPhone at the same time.
I haven’t heard the exact reason for this limitation, but I think it comes down to network limitations. Mirroring your Mac’s screen crisply and with no lag is hard enough, but mirroring it alongside a perfectly rendered copy of your iPhone might be too much for some Macs. Apple is already trying to go beyond the current Continuity limitations with visionOS 2, supporting higher resolution Mac mirroring and ultrawide display virtualization features, so there may be room for multi-device mirroring in the future.
It’s not hard to imagine Apple eventually bringing iPhone mirroring functionality directly to the Vision Pro, but ideally it would also work in tandem with Mac mirroring within the headset.
Here are some other things we learned about iPhone mirroring on macOS Sequoia while exploring WWDC.
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It requires both WiFi and Bluetooth to work, and projects your iPhone at 60fps.
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When you launch the game, the iPhone window switches to landscape orientation on your Mac, and the game’s sound also seems to be properly synced.
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Mirroring uses roughly the same amount of your iPhone’s battery life as regular use.
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If you unlock your iPhone directly, the mirrored window on your Mac will close immediately.
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Eventually, you’ll be able to drag and drop files and other content between your iPhone and Mac, and the feature will be available to third-party apps as well.
Check out the latest news here Apple’s WWDC 2024.