Apple said to be developing camera-equipped AirPods for 2027

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Apple is reportedly planning to add cameras to AirPods slated for release in late 2027, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported, citing people familiar with the tech company's plans. These cameras aren't intended for taking photos or recording videos. Instead, they are meant to serve as AI sensors, offering Siri visual context of your environment and allowing the assistant to answer your queries, like what to make for dinner based on the ingredients you have out. These camera-equipped AirPods are expected to look similar to the AirPods Pro, with the report noting that the device will have external lights to indicate when data is sent to the cloud for processing.

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Apple's new Siri AI debuts with a dedicated app

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At WWDC 2026, Apple finally unveiled its artificial intelligence-powered implementation of Siri, the aptly named Siri AI. Built on top of Google Gemini models, Siri AI also gets a dedicated app in iOS 27, where you can start conversations with the AI assistant.

Siri AI is intended to work across Apple devices and promises you similar functionality to what you get with Gemini. It can look up directions, answer questions about what's on your screen, find specific photos in your camera roll, summarize documents and create event plans, among others.

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Apple's smart home hub is reportedly not coming out in 2025

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If you've been waiting for Apple's take on the smart home hub, unfortunately, you'll have to wait one more year or so. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports the device is most likely coming out in 2026. The cause for the delay is Siri. The Apple Intelligence version of the voice assistant has been pushed back so far, so it makes sense that a device that would be heavily reliant on voice would be delayed.

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Apple might tap OpenAI, Anthropic to power AI version of Siri

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Apple is reportedly considering outside help to run its artificial intelligence-powered version of Siri. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that the tech giant approached OpenAI and Anthropic to develop versions of their large language models for testing on its private cloud infrastructure, aiming to create an "LLM Siri."

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