Viewed by developer Sam Henri Oro On Twitter, iOS 27 beta 2 includes references to an upcoming Apple product codenamed B790, which will likely be the rumored AirPods with cameras.
Apple has It has been rumored for a long time be developing a new variant of Airpods Pro 3 with cameras, which should bring Visual Intelligence to AirPods. Now, iOS 27 beta 2 offers a hint of its potential functionality.
Developer Sam Henri Oro I found some sort of system message for the codename B790 within iOS 27 beta 2, highlighting many key details about how these AirPods with cameras could work with Visual Intelligence:
Given the “two camera images on either side of the user’s head” part, it’s almost certain that B790 is referencing the rumored AirPods with cameras. Gold initially speculated that this would be for Apple AI Glassesbut given the codename, it’s probably the airpods with cameras.
A strange quirk here is that the codename in this software leak is B790, while Bloomberg reports that the codename is B798. However, it is possible that this is simply representative of different stages of development.
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The camera-enabled AirPods were expected to debut sometime this year, but have since been delayed due to software issues. Now, the AirPods with a camera should debut next fall, along with the 20th anniversary iPhone.
In theory, they will be useful for being able to ask Siri contextual questions about your surroundings. You will be able to use Visual Intelligence without having to take out your iPhone, which will make it much faster.
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