According to recent reports, Apple is going all out to develop the next generation of AI wearable technology. Until now, even Apple’s best Watches have been largely limited to health and fitness and a few communication features as an extension of your phone, while its AirPods Pro 3 have been improved with heart rate detection and live translation.
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is now taking its wearable AI even further, with a trio of wearable devices featuring AI cameras to provide “contextual information” to its revamped Siri AI chatbot. The devices will work like the Meta Ray-Bans AI glasses, which will allow Meta to be asked a question based on the world around you and interpret your request as best as possible.
Gurman reports that Apple is making its own AI glasses to combat Meta, developing its frames in-house (rather than collaborating with an established eyewear maker like Ray-Ban) with “an advanced camera system with a high-resolution camera capable of capturing photos and video, as well as a second camera that provides visual information to Siri and environmental context” according to MacRumors.
The other two devices are expected to be an AI Wearable Pin – like the disastrous Humane AI Pin and other failed devices in previous years – and camera-equipped AirPods.
Both devices are expected to feature low-resolution cameras designed for obtaining information rather than taking high-quality photos, with microphones included for speaking with Siri. Gurman adds that a speaker for the AI Pin is being considered, but not confirmed. The devices would act like the “eyes and ears” of an iPhone, linked to Siri on your phone rather than using on-device AI.
Will Apple do better than Humane?
Apple has struggled to gain traction with spectacular launches in innovation areas in recent years, most notably with the Apple Vision Pro. It’s not that the device wasn’t good; on the contrary, the world was not ready for it (and it is expensive). However, if these rumors are true and we see the first hints of these devices in 2027, I have a feeling that Apple’s smart glasses or AI wearables will do significantly better.
Apple has historically succeeded in areas in which others have pioneered. He has not often been a true pioneer: he lets others take the initial risks, then aims to produce an improved model. For example, look at how long it took Apple to launch a foldable phone: something we know it’s currently working on. With its smart glasses, Apple will look to correct the mistakes it sees Meta making, ironing out form factor issues and launching when potential customers have become accustomed to the new smart glasses concept.
Likewise with an AI pin or pendant. The Humane AI Pin was its own device, and it failed, with a strange LED display system on a device designed to completely replace the user’s phone. Apple doesn’t need to replace the iPhone; Obviously, he wants to add to it, keeping it like a hub in your pocket while reducing the need to take it out all the time. AirPods with AI cameras would be a similar concept.
It’s about making technology easier to use and reducing friction between the user and their gadgets. This is something Apple has always excelled at, and I see no reason why these rumored devices wouldn’t succeed.
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