Apple is still actively developing a product that would combine AirPods with cameras, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman.
The cameras would help power AI features by gathering information on the surrounding environment, he adds. Such work purportedly started a few years ago, but was temporarily shuttered.
“But with the company rallying around AI and its Apple Intelligence platform, the project was brought back to life. In fact, it’s now seen as a priority for the teams within Apple’s AI and AirPods hardware development groups,” Gurman says. “That said, I wouldn’t expect the technology to hit the market for a couple more years — assuming it doesn’t get canceled again.”
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