Rumers are that Apple is musing about unbundling the in watch camera for next Apple Watch (look forward to hardware upgrade on popular wearable!!!). This could be a development that opens up new doors for more efficient functionality, especially in AI and AR.
At this stage, the details are thin; launch will begin with premium models like the soon to be announced Apple Watch Ultra.
Big shift but the existing design has largely been based around the iPhone camera for everything photographic. If you put a camera directly on the wrist, users will be able to do so much more.
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The main reason for this potential upgrade, as you well know, is the need to improve AI features. The built-in camera could allow the Apple Watch fore osie object recognition tasks, live translation and more advanced reading of health tech by analyzing images. This Would be an improved experience with the user and context aware.
Also, including a camera could potentially mean augmented reality apps also have some variations. It could be absolutely the case that users would be able to use their Apple Watch to interact even more seamlessly with the AR world, capturing and processing visual data from the wrist. This could be especially useful in tasks such as navigation, information seeking and even gaming.
The potential specifications and capabilities of the camera are largely a mystery, web rumour set forth that it’s probably going to be a little bit sensor specialised or just small in size and not really optimized for high resolution photography. Apple may over emphasise features such as quick scanning, visual information capture and even facial recognition for unlocking or authenticating Also there were rumours of the infrared (IR) camera coming to some AirPods in the future. This would theoretically help the Apple Watch camera add even more layers (biometric/Environmental sensing related features and so on ) working in coordination.
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But, a camera on the Apple Watch also begins to imply the battery usage and privacy matters. The increasingly power-hungry camera would require a lot of care in the power management as the device could still need to look like it has that all-day battery life. It will also require the software and security to mitigate privacy and potential eavesdropping worries.
With those things in mind, the idea of a future Apple Watch with a built-in camera seems like a wild and wonderful place for where the wearables space is (or could be headed as things like AI and AR start showing up on your wrist). It seems likely that this move would only serve to drive competitors further into innovating in this space.
