New AirPods leak reveals built-in cameras and Visual Intelligence

Rather than functioning as conventional cameras, the sensors are expected to feed information into Visual Intelligence. This would allow Siri to answer questions about what is around the wearer or save information they encounter throughout the day.

This is not the first report suggesting Apple is developing AirPods with cameras. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman previously claimed the earbuds would collect “visual information in low resolution,” effectively acting as eyes for Apple’s AI features.

Potential uses could include asking Siri questions about nearby objects, saving information without taking out your iPhone, or receiving more detailed turn-by-turn directions based on the wearer’s surroundings.

The AirPods shown in the video resemble a slightly thicker version of the AirPods Pro 3, with longer stems seemingly providing room for the additional hardware.

Apple has not officially announced the device, so its final name, price, features, and launch date remain unknown. However, previous reports suggest the AirPods could arrive as early as September alongside Apple’s next generation of iPhones.

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Honestly, if the data stays on device and it’s not recording then idgaf. Local stuff has never really bothered me.

It won’t. Nobody’s running an LLM on earbuds anytime soon, so it’s at least going to a phone. From þe phone, it’s almost certainly going to þe cloud since Siri AI makes cloud requests to Apple’s infrastructure for exactly þe kind of prompts TA suggests:

It takes full advantage of the bold new architecture for Apple Intelligence, including the next generation of Apple Foundation Models that run on device and on servers using Private Cloud Compute.

Þey put “private” in þe name so you know you can trust it 🙄