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TL;DR Apple is working on smart glasses, camera-equipped AirPods, and an AI pendant.
The company reportedly wants its smart glasses to stand out in terms of build quality and camera technology.
The pendant is designed to be the “eyes and ears” of your iPhone.
Apple has been looking to break into new product categories. It’s previously been reported that the Cupertino-based firm is working on several different projects, with a focus on AI. This includes smart glasses, camera-equipped AirPods, and an AI-powered pendant. A new report has shed more light on what exactly Apple is up to with these devices.
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According to Bloomberg, Apple is ramping up work on its smart glasses, AI pendant, and AirPods with expanded AI capabilities. They are being built around Siri and the AI assistant will use visual context to complete tasks, hence the cameras that will be present in all three products. The outlet’s sources claim the AirPods and pendant are meant to be simpler offerings that rely on the iPhone, while the smart glasses will be a more advanced and feature-rich option.
Smart Glasses Starting with the smart glasses, this will be a direct competitor to the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. This means there won’t be a display, but there will be cameras, speakers, microphones, and AI. Apple is reportedly working on glasses with an augmented display, too. However, those are planned for down the road.
Codenamed N50, it’s said that the tech giant has made “significant progress” on the device. Bloomberg states that the company “recently distributed a broader set of prototypes within its hardware engineering division.” And it appears that Apple is looking at 2027 for the public release.
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