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macOS 26.7 RC includes demo video of Visual Intelligence on camera-equipped AirPods
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A video discovered in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 Release Candidate shows Apple's Visual Intelligence feature running on camera-equipped AirPods, the clearest indication yet that the product is nearing launch.
This leak signals Apple is preparing to ship camera-equipped AirPods with Visual Intelligence, potentially announced next month. For engineers, a camera on AirPods represents a new hands-free visual input modality that could require app-level integration through Siri and Visual Intelligence APIs.
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macOS Tahoe 26.7 RC contains a demo video showing a user asking Siri to save information about a book using Visual Intelligence on camera-equipped AirPods.
Code references to codename B790 and an 'image stream' were found in the release candidate, corroborating Bloomberg's earlier reporting on the product.
The camera-equipped AirPods visually resemble current AirPods Pro with a thicker stem, and are separate from another camera model (B798) expected in 2027.
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