Apple Watch with cameras reported reported

Apple allegedly gave up its plans for an Apple Watch equipped with camera.

Plans for an Apple Watch with visual intelligence and built -in cameras were given up, but Apple's Airpods could still get a similar upgrade.

The idea of ​​an Apple Watch equipped by the camera is anything but new and will appear in Apple's patent applications in 2019. The company even considered several options for the inclusion of a camera, e.g.

In recent times in March 2025, a rumor indicated that the Apple Watch would win cameras for visual intelligence functions and world surveillance by 2027. On Thursday, however, A Bloomberg The report showed that Apple has given up the idea since then and added that the company is working on smart glasses and was supposed to debut 2026.

Previously, Apple allegedly added cameras to the standard Watch and Apple Watch Ultra with minor differences between the two. Both watch models were set to get a lens in the foreground on the display, while the Ultra had a lens on the side near the crown and button.

The addition of cameras would have made visual intelligence functions in the Apple Watch line -up. Visual Intelligence is currently available in the iPhone 16 area and in the iPhone 15 Pro. This gives users information about their surroundings via the integrated camera device and Apple Intelligence, a number of generative AI functions.

With visual intelligence, users can add a calendar event by simply scanning a poster or identifying dog breeds with their iPhone camera. The idea of ​​the effort is to use integrated cameras in such a way that AI can see the outside world, with which detailed information can be provided that can improve queries. The same concept would have come to the Apple Watch.

While it looks like we will not see visual intelligence on a smartwatch, AirPods, which are reported with camera, are reportedly still in progress, and they probably offer the same functionality. The AirPod cameras could, for example, add visual intelligence information to the iPhone, for example in the pocket of the user, or they help to lead the users to their goal.

Apple has undoubtedly tried to expand Apple Intelligence's availability on its various platforms, but it looks as if the company has unveiled a groundbreaking AI product. Apple Intelligence itself has delays because the extended Siri functions at WWDC 2024 are not yet here.

Apple will probably not go the path of physical AI themes such as the r1 rabbit.

With regard to dedicated devices with AI topics, it doesn't seem as if Apple has plans to go this route. In 2024 and 2025 alone, many products for physical AI companions failed directly. The idea of ​​having a third device that the users would take with their iPhone and MacBook Pro have never really exceeded.

This influenced the choice of Apple to improve the existing product categories with AI instead, since it is unlikely that they will probably not be brought into the phase shortly. With iOS 19, Apple's AI models could be accessible to third-party app developers, which would enable additional applications and more AI-infused applications on iPhones. The operating system update can also enable live translation functions for AirPods.

Other companies like Openaai have decided to follow physical AI types. In particular, an AI necklace should be in the works. The artificial intelligence giant announced that Sam Altman and Jony Ive's Ai Startup, simply known as “IO”, to have bought for 6.5 billion US dollars, but the result of this endeavor remains to be seen.