Apple Vision Pro App Preview Video Requirements

Updated 2026-07-18

Vision Pro is the newest App Preview target on the App Store, and it has different technical requirements than iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV. If you're trying to reuse an existing App Preview for visionOS, it will be rejected — here's what's actually required.

Resolution: 3840 × 2160 (4K), landscape only

Vision Pro App Preview videos are 4K — 3840 × 2160 pixels, landscape only. There's no portrait option, since visionOS apps are presented in a windowed, landscape-oriented context. This is a full 4x the pixel count of the 1080p Mac/Apple TV preview, not a scaled-up version of it.

Encoding requirements are stricter than 1080p devices

The higher resolution pushes past what standard App Preview encoding handles:

• H.264 profile level 5.1 — level 4.0 (used for iPhone/iPad/Mac/Apple TV) tops out below 3840×2160 at 30 fps, so Vision Pro needs the higher level or the encode will fail or get silently rejected on upload.
• Higher bitrate ceiling — roughly double the 1080p-class bitrate is needed to keep 4K footage from looking compressed.
• Larger file-size allowance — a compliant 4K, 15–30 second clip is naturally a larger file than a 1080p one at the same duration.

Why this is worth doing even though it's more work

Vision Pro App Preview is new enough that very few apps have one yet — it's one of the lowest-competition places to stand out in a Vision Pro App Store listing search. Apps that skip it because of the extra encoding complexity are leaving an easy differentiator on the table.

Converting an existing recording to Vision Pro spec

Re-encoding a screen recording to 4K with the correct profile level and bitrate by hand means getting several interdependent encoding settings exactly right. PreviewASO Screen handles this as a one-click Vision Pro export option — pick the device, trim to 15–30 seconds, and download a compliant 4K file.