Overview
- Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports Apple is accelerating development of three AI wearables built around machine understanding of surroundings: smart glasses, camera‑equipped AirPods, and a small pendant.
- Apple is developing native visual AI models to reduce reliance on external systems from OpenAI and Google, which currently underpin many Visual Intelligence features on iPhone.
- The smart glasses reportedly use higher‑end materials and two cameras—one for computer vision and one for photos and videos—with production possible by December 2026 and a launch target of 2027.
- AirPods with low‑resolution or infrared cameras are said to prioritize environmental context over photography and could arrive as early as 2026, while an iPhone‑tethered pendant remains early in development and could be canceled.
- A 9to5Mac report claims Apple acquired startup Q.ai to advance silent‑speech and micro‑expression input for wearables, a claim that has not been independently confirmed.