Apple Watch will get a digital camera sooner or later, new report claims, however when you’re planning to take movies with it — James Bond-style — you could be disenchanted.
Within the newest version of his e-newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman (by way of 9to5Mac) wrote that Apple is engaged on turning its Watch into an “AI gadget with a digital camera.”
The digital camera would reportedly allow the Watch to “see the surface world,” which means it might use Apple’s Visual Intelligence tech to collect details about the surface world to assist the wearer in numerous duties. Suppose passing by a prepare station and getting the day’s schedule, for instance.
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Each the common Apple Watch and the Apple Watch Ultra are poised to get the digital camera, albeit in a special location. On the Apple Watch, the digital camera may very well be positioned below the gadget’s show, and on the Extremely, it will be positioned on the facet, subsequent to the Watch’s crown and facet button.
Extra apparent makes use of for the digital camera, akin to FaceTime dialog, aren’t part of Apple’s plans, Gurman claims.
We have heard similar rumors about the AirPods, which might additionally get AI-enabling cameras sooner or later.
None of this may occur very quickly, although. Gurman says the Apple Watch won’t get a digital camera till no less than 2027, and identical goes for the camera-enhanced AirPods.
