Apple Watch will get a digicam sooner or later, new report claims, however if you happen to’re planning to take movies with it — James Bond-style — you could be dissatisfied.
Within the newest version of his e-newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman (through 9to5Mac) wrote that Apple is engaged on turning its Watch into an “AI machine with a digicam.”
The digicam would reportedly allow the Watch to “see the surface world,” that means it may use Apple’s Visible Intelligence tech to assemble details about the surface world to assist the wearer in numerous duties. Suppose passing by a practice station and getting the day’s schedule, for instance.
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Each the common Apple Watch and the Apple Watch Extremely are poised to get the digicam, albeit in a special location. On the Apple Watch, the digicam could possibly be positioned beneath the machine’s show, and on the Extremely, it might be positioned on the facet, subsequent to the Watch’s crown and facet button.
Extra apparent makes use of for the digicam, resembling FaceTime dialog, aren’t part of Apple’s plans, Gurman claims.
We have heard comparable rumors in regards to the AirPods, which may additionally get AI-enabling cameras sooner or later.
None of it will occur very quickly, although. Gurman says the Apple Watch is not going to get a digicam till at the very least 2027, and similar goes for the camera-enhanced AirPods.
