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Apple today released big iOS 18.4 and visionOS 2.4 updates, each of which come with a brand new app: Apple Vision Pro is the newest iPhone app, and Spatial Gallery is new to Vision Pro. Heres everything you should know about Apples latest apps.Apple Vision Pro is the latest iPhone app in iOS 18.4For years, Apple has offered a standalone Watch app on the iPhone for setting up and managing your Apple Watch.Now in iOS 18.4, that same idea has been applied to the Vision Pro.The new Apple Vision Pro app on iPhone offers a dedicated home to:view your Vision Pros model number, software version, and serial numberaccess tips and the Vision Pro user guideand discover new and recent Vision Pro content, such as immersive videos, apps and games, and moreOpening the app provides a single-screen Discover page where you can scroll through various stories about recent Vision Pro updates and content.It works a lot like browsing the App Stores Today tab.If you own a Vision Pro, the new Apple Vision Pro app will be automatically installed on your iPhone with iOS 18.4. However, for everyone else, the app is entirely optional as a separate App Store download.The second new app released today is Spatial Gallery, which debuts for Vision Pro users as part of visionOS 2.4.Spatial Gallery is a dedicated home for all the spatial media you have available: photos, videos, and panoramic shots. But thats not all it can do.Heres Apples full description of the app:Spatial Gallery, a new app for Apple Vision Pro, features spatial photos, spatial videos, and panoramas curated by Apple, and gives users a window to captivating and powerful moments spanning art, culture, entertainment, lifestyle, nature, sports, and travel, with new content released regularly.At launch, users can discover stories and experiences from iconic brands including Red Bull, Cirque du Soleil, and Porsche; go behind the scenes with Apple Originals likeSeverance,The Studio, andThe Morning Show; and listen to conversations with top artists like Bad Bunny, Charli xcx, and Keith Urban.Ill be curious to see over time how regularly Apple is able to add new content to Spatial Gallery and provide fresh reasons for users to open the app.What do you think of the new Apple Vision Pro and Spatial Gallery apps? Let us know in the comments.Best iPhone and Vision Pro accessoriesAdd 9to5Mac to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Youre reading 9to5Mac experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Dont know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel