AirPods, Apple Watch… Apple has been investing in the wearables market for several years now. And she doesn’t seem ready to leave him! Indeed, the Apple firm is reportedly working on several wearable devices focused on health or sport, including a ring and connected glasses, but also new AirPods equipped with cameras.
At least that’s what Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman puts forward in his PowerOn newsletter. Here’s what he says about it.
A connected ring
Apple’s design teams reportedly submitted the idea of a “connected ring” with the health monitoring features of the Apple Watch a few years ago.
But Mark Gurman remains cautious: the Apple connected ring is currently simply at the idea stage – the company is not currently working on any project of this type.
An Apple connected ring could nevertheless be an economical alternative to the Apple Watch, and compete with the new Galaxy Ring.
“Augmented” glasses
Apple is rumored to be working on “augmented” glasses with speakers, cameras, health sensors and AI capabilities. A wearable device that could take the place of AirPods by offering more features, while being more accessible than the Vision Pro.
Less ambitious than the brand’s mixed reality headset, these connected glasses would aim to compete with models from Meta, Raven, and Amazon, Echo Frame, specifies Mark Gurman.
Like the connected ring, this project is not at a very advanced stage. According to the specialist, Apple is still in the “technical investigation” phase. If the project sees the light of day, it will not be for several years.
AirPods with camera
Last year, Apple engineers reportedly began working on ways to integrate low-resolution photo sensors and various health sensors into AirPods.
Equipped with cameras, AirPods would be able to collect data and offer AI functionalities useful in everyday life, underlines Mark Gurman.
The Bloomberg journalist concludes by explaining that these options considered by Apple would be economically interesting, since they would allow the brand to attack new markets – a way of selling new products without reducing existing sales.
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