Apple had in hand one of the most radical changes in its smart watches line, the Apple Watch. The idea, as ambitious as controversy, was Integrate cameras To enhance a new visual intelligence function, which according to the company will mark the future of its devices.
However, Tim Cook's boys have decided to cancel these plans, Bloomberg reported. It is not the first time that this possibility is discussed, since since 2019 patents have appeared that showed different ways of including a camera, both in the digital crown and in the belt itself. But now, the idea seems to have been ruled out.
Goodbye to Apple Watch with cameras
The funny thing is that the project was not precisely in diapers. At the beginning of 2025, the rumors indicated that Apple planned to launch both Apple Watch standard and the ultra model with integrated cameras before 2027. These sensors were expected to enhance the functions of Apple Intelligence and allow the clock Recognize the environmentfacilitating tasks such as adding an event to the calendar just by scanning a poster or identifying dog breeds when the wrist aim. Everything pointed to an important generation jump, but it seems that there has been a change of plans.
Apple has not officially spoken, but everything indicates that the decision not to move forward with the project has to do with the technical complexity of integrating cameras into such a small device without compromising battery, water resistance or privacy. It could also influence the fact that the user experience was not up to the expected. Be that as it may, the camera will not see the light, but we have good news.
Airpods with cameras, how will they be?
In fact, the company continues with the development of some Airpods with camerawhich could incorporate the same visual intelligence functions planned for Apple Watch. It is a device that is utopian, but Apple's headphones, thanks to their position and integration with the iPhone, could become personal assistants Visuals Able to analyze the environment and offer us precise information, without taking the mobile from the pocket.
In addition, this strategy fits with the current Apple philosophy to use already known and successful products such as airpods to redefine them and provide them with functions based on artificial intelligenceinstead of creating new products such as the failed Rabbit R1 of the Rabbit Inc. company, in fact, they do not want you to carry a third device on top, but those you already have are smarter.
There are also rumors that future airpods can offer translation In real timesomething that could come with iOS 19 and a more advanced version of Apple Intelligence. All this is part of the expansion of AI within the Apple ecosystem, which for now remains far from the competition.
Therefore, the cancellation of Apple Watch with camera is not the end of the computational vision in Apple, but a strategic restructuring. The camera does not go on your wrist … but you may soon take it in your ear.
