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$300 Vision Pro developer strap is just an expensive USB2 device
Apple is selling developers a $300 USB-C dongle to connect the Apple Vision Pro to a Mac, but in this incarnation, it turns out to be no faster than Wi-Fi.
The Developer Strap completely replaces the right-hand side audio assembly on the Apple Vision Pro and lets users then connect the headset to a Mac using a USB-C cable. "[Apple Vision Pro] shows up as a "Composite Device" in System Profiler, and is unfortunately limited to USB 2 speeds," wrote Bouniol on Mastodon. Bouniol then told AppleInsider that he used Apple's own 0.5m Thunderbolt 3 cable to test the real-world speed, which is capable of 10 gigabits per second between a USB 3.2 host and connected device.
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