Apple's next-generation AirPods Pro will feature cameras to see around a user, according to the leaker and prototype collector known as "Kosutami". In a new post on X, Kosutami said that the next AirPods Pro will be able to see around the wearer, presumably via cameras in each earbud. Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that the 2026 AirPods Pro will feature a "more significant" hardware upgrade in the form at least one tiny infrared camera.
  • Rollade@lemmy.mlEnglish
    42·
    3 days ago

    If you don’t really think about it than it would be kinda nice but like, they gone train their ai on it and sell every little dater point, don’t they.

    • Shadow@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      If you read the article, it’s a small infrared camera for gesture detection or spacial audio. It’s not going to have a high resolution or range

      A real camera would be way too much of a power drain for something as small as an earbud.

      • whereIsTamara@lemmy.orgEnglish
        31·
        3 days ago

        Which technically could be used to provide visual details, map private spaces, detect faces. Sure it’s not a camera, but it still could be used.

        That said, it has a microphone and no one is crying, so…