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AirPods with cameras get their clearest leak yet

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Why This Matters

The leak of camera-equipped AirPods in macOS Tahoe 26.7 RC signals Apple's potential entry into integrating visual features into their popular earbuds, which could revolutionize how users capture and interact with their environment. This development highlights Apple's ongoing innovation in wearable tech, blending audio and visual capabilities to enhance user experience and create new opportunities for developers and consumers alike.

Key Takeaways

Included in today’s macOS Tahoe 26.7 Release Candidate is a short video that appears to show Visual Intelligence in action on Apple’s rumored camera-equipped AirPods. Watch it below.

macOS 26.7 includes demo for camera-equipped AirPods

MacRumors discovered a short video included in today’s macOS Tahoe 26.7 RC in which a man wearing AirPods appears to ask Siri to remember the book he’s looking at, as Siri’s voice-over says:

With Visual Intelligence, your world becomes savable. See something you like? Just ask me to save it for later.

In the video, the cameras themselves aren’t visible, and the earbuds look very similar to the current AirPods Pro. The most noticeable difference is the stem, which appears somewhat thicker.

Aaron Perris has also published the same video on X:

Here is your first look at AirPods with Cameras in action using Visual Intelligence.

This video file came from macOS 26.7 RC pic.twitter.com/yo7RI4MCeu — Aaron (@aaronp613) August 18, 2026

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman previously reported that Apple could launch AirPods with cameras as early as this year under the codename B790. Earlier today, MacRumors also found references to B790 in the macOS 26.7 RC, including code for an “image stream.”

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