{"id":87463,"date":"2025-05-09T13:31:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/87463\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T13:31:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:31:17","slug":"forget-apple-watch-ultra-3-a-model-with-a-camera-could-be-much-closer-than-we-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/87463\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Apple Watch Ultra 3 \u2013 a model with a camera could be much closer than we thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>A future Apple Watch is expected to feature a camera<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Previous rumors indicate both the Series and Ultra models could use AI to provide context to the world around the user<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A new report says Apple&#8217;s chips for the products could be ready in just two years<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Following reports that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/apple\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/apple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a> could add a camera to its <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/apple-watch\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/apple-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Watch<\/a> lineup in future, a new report claims chips for the device could be ready for launch by 2027, suggesting the major upgrade could be much closer than we thought.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, it was revealed that Apple is planning a major upgrade to its <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/best-apple-watch\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/best-apple-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best Apple Watches<\/a> turn it into a device with onboard cameras. The report indicated that Apple Watch would use onboard cameras and microphones that would &#8220;help the device see the outside world and use AI to deliver relevant information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now, the same source, Bloomberg&#8217;s Mark Gurman, says the chip that powers that device could be just 18 months away. &#8220;The company is developing a chip called Nevis for the camera-equipped Apple Watch and a component named Glennie for the similarly outfitted AirPods,&#8221; Gurman wrote in his latest <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-05-08\/apple-is-developing-specialized-chips-for-glasses-new-macs-and-ai-servers?srnd=undefined&amp;sref=HrWXCALa\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-05-08\/apple-is-developing-specialized-chips-for-glasses-new-macs-and-ai-servers?srnd=undefined&amp;sref=HrWXCALa\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">Power On<\/a> newsletter. &#8220;Apple is aiming to have those chips ready by around 2027,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p>Apple Watch cameras close at hand?<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.21%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mspg39whhBGgKhzPif8qY5.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Series 10\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mspg39whhBGgKhzPif8qY5.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mspg39whhBGgKhzPif8qY5.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Future)<\/p>\n<p>While we knew the expected 2025 <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/best-apple-watch\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/best-apple-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best Apple Watch<\/a> lineup \u2013 the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/health-fitness\/smartwatches\/apple-watch-se-3\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/health-fitness\/smartwatches\/apple-watch-se-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Watch SE 3,<\/a> <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/health-fitness\/smartwatches\/apple-watch-series-11\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/health-fitness\/smartwatches\/apple-watch-series-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Watch Series 11<\/a>, and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/health-fitness\/smartwatches\/apple-watch-ultra-3-all-the-leaks-and-rumors-so-far-and-what-we-want-to-see\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/health-fitness\/smartwatches\/apple-watch-ultra-3-all-the-leaks-and-rumors-so-far-and-what-we-want-to-see\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Watch Ultra 3<\/a> \u2013 wouldn&#8217;t feature cameras, as Gurman had previously suggested a camera-equipped Apple wearable was &#8220;generations away.&#8221; Turns out, he might have only meant two generations away, which means that for most users, the next Apple Watch you buy might have a camera.<\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve previously noted, a wearable AI smartwatch could provide users with contextual information about landmarks they see on holiday, directions, and more. It&#8217;s a concept that underpinned some failed wearables like the Humane AI Pin, and would lean heavily on Apple&#8217;s excellent existing Apple Intelligence Feature, Visual Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/i-love-my-iphone-too-much-to-give-it-up-in-10-years-even-if-eddy-cue-says-that-might-be-the-future\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/i-love-my-iphone-too-much-to-give-it-up-in-10-years-even-if-eddy-cue-says-that-might-be-the-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Longer-term, it could be part of a future recently alluded to by Apple&#8217;s Eddy Cue<\/a>, who remarked off the cuff that we might not need the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/best-iphone\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/best-iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best iPhones<\/a> 10 years from now. Cue made his comments in the context of the rapidly evolving AI industry, so it&#8217;s important not to extrapolate too much from them. However, an AI-powered smartwatch, or perhaps lightweight smart glasses (which Apple is also working on), could well be one such device that unlocks that iPhone-less future.<\/p>\n<p>A more cynical approach would reveal that Apple and Cue&#8217;s comments are probably just a ruse to stop the US Department of Justice from blowing up its $20 billion deal with Google for the default spot as the iPhone&#8217;s search engine, presumably in the hope the court is less likely to intervene if it thinks the iPhone is a dying breed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<p>It seems unlikely Apple would jettison its obscenely successful iPhone ecosystem in favor of a niche wearable that remains an iPhone accessory at this stage. More likely, a camera-equipped Apple Watch would just be one more feature on the iPhone&#8217;s already comprehensible companion \u2013 in other words, another reason for users to consider forking out for one of the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/best-iphone\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/best-iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best iPhones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Still, mark your calendars for 2027, as it sounds like big changes are on the way.<\/p>\n<p>You might also like&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A future Apple Watch is expected to feature a camera Previous rumors indicate both the Series and Ultra&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3160],"tags":[1685,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-87463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-gadgets","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114478127557980747","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}