Apple reportedly left its plans for a camera equipped with Apple Watch.
Apple Watch plans were abandoned with visual intelligence and built -in cameras, but Apple AirPods could still receive a similar upgrade.
The idea of Apple Watch equipped with a camera is nothing but new that appears in Apple’s patent applications as early as 2019. The company will even consider several ways to include a camera, such as incorporation into the digital crown or Apple Watch.
Recently, in March 2025, the reputation suggested that Apple Watch would receive cameras for visual intelligence and world monitoring by 2027. On Thursday and Bloomberg He revealed that Apple had gave up on the idea since then and added that the company was working on intelligent glasses that would decide to debut in 2026.
Previously, Apple reportedly added cameras to standard Apple Watch and Apple Watch Ultra with a slight difference between them. Both watches were set to get a lens pointing the front part inside the display, while Ultra would have a lens near the crown and buttons.
Adding cameras would allow the visual intelligence function in the Apple Watch. Visual Intelligence is currently available on the iPhone 16 as well as the iPhone 15 Pro. It allows users to get information about their environment through the built -in camera device and Apple Intelligence according to generative AI functions.
With visual intelligence, users can add a calendar event simply by scanning a poster, or they can identify dog breeds using an iPhone camera. The idea of effort is to use built -in cameras so that AI can see the outside world that can be used to provide information that can improve questions. The same concept would get to Apple Watch.
Although it seems that we see, as we see visual intelligence on Smartwatch, AirPodes equipped with a camera are reportedly still in the works and are likely to offer the same functionality. AirPod cameras could add visual intelligence information to the iPhone, for example in a user’s pocket, or help users lead to the destination.
Apple undoubtedly tried to expand Apple Intelligence on its different platforms, but it seems that the company still has to detect a breakthrough product AI. Apple Intelligence has experienced a delay in itself because the advanced Siri Preview features on the WWDC 2024 are still not here.
Apple is unlikely to follow the road with the themes of Ai-S theme, such as the rabbit R1.
As far as dedicated devices with AI-S topics are concerned, it doesn’t seem to be planning to go this way. Only in 2024 and 2025 many physical accompanying AI accompanying products failed, with humane AI pin and rabbit R1 are the two most remarkable examples. The idea of having a third device that users would carry alongside their iPhone and MacBook Pro have never really caught up.
This has more than likely to affect Apple’s selection to improve the categories of exvived AI Intead products because it is unlikely to be eliminated soon. With iOS 19, AI AI models could be accessible to third -party application developers, allowing other cases of use and more AI -powered applications on the iPhone. The operating system update can also allow live translation functions for AirPods.
Other companies, in the meantime, such as Openai, eventually decided to promote physical types. Specifically, it is said that the ai-S theme is in work. The artificial intelligence giant announced that Sam Altman and AI Jony Ive, known simply as “IO”, had Sam Altman and the startup AI, but the result of this AnaTV needs to be seen.
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