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One of my favorite things about CES is the opportunity to see wild concept devices. Not all of these are home runs (such as Razer’s AI anime girlfriend speaker), but they’re still fascinating glimpses into what some companies see as the future of consumer tech. Health/fitness brand Amazfit has two such concept devices at CES 2026 — the V1TAL Food Camera and Helio Smart Glasses — and I had the opportunity to try both.
The V1TAL is easily the most polarizing of the two, so let’s start there. I saw the V1TAL behind closed doors at last year’s CES, but this was the first time I could photograph it and see it more thoroughly. As for what it is, it’s exactly as I describe in the headline: an AI camera that watches you while you eat.
It works like this. Press a button on the V1TAL to reveal its camera, set it up for a clear view of what you’re eating, press the record button, eat your meal, and then end the recording. Within a few seconds, the recording is uploaded to the Amazfit app, and your meal is logged.
Would you use an AI food camera to track your meals? 10 votes Yes 0 % No 100 %
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It’s the same basic concept as taking a picture of your meal with your phone to track what you eat, but instead of a single photo, the Amazfit V1TAL captures a still image every few seconds — showing not just what you ate but also how you ate it. As such, the V1TAL can see how much of your meal you actually ate, how quickly you ate it, and whether you focused on certain items on your plate while not touching others (e.g., skipping fruits or vegetables at dinner).
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From here, Amazfit’s AI analyzes the data and provides recommendations/insights on your eating habits in the companion app. You may receive a recommendation to eat more slowly if you finished your meal too quickly, or a gentle reminder that you left your broccoli untouched.
Without a doubt, this is more insightful than snapping a regular photo of your meals. For someone who’s closely monitoring their diet to lose weight or gain muscle, a device like the V1TAL could be useful. But even for those people, and especially for folks who casually log what they eat, is that extra bit of information worth the effort of setting up a dedicated food camera for every meal? That’s what Amazfit is still trying to figure out as it develops the V1TAL.
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