Apple will speed up development with the goal of launching artificial intelligence (AI) smart glasses at the tip of 2026. This emerged shortly after the announcement that Open AI created Johnny Ive and next -generation AI devices.
Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that Apple aimed to release the 12 months -end in 2026 to create a next -generation product to be comparable to Meta’s Rayvan smart glasses.
To this end, it is anticipated to organize for mass production of prototypes from the tip of this 12 months. Related development is led by the Vision Products Group, which produced the Vision Pro.
Earlier on the eighth, news reported that Apple is developing a dedicated chip called ‘N401’, which can be installed in smart glasses. On the time, it was known to begin mass production between late 2026 and early 2027, and to launch products in 2027. This time, the time was somewhat advanced.
Smart glasses to be released are equipped with cameras, microphones, and speakers to investigate the external environment and receive orders through the voice assistant Siri. It is going to provide basic phone calls, music playback, real -time translation, and road guidance, which is a technique much like Meta’s model or Google’s Android XR -based devices.
Nonetheless, Meta and Google are already launching smart glasses with AI technology which can be already advanced from the tip of this 12 months. Specifically, Google has a prototype with augmented reality (AR) function that has not yet been implemented through the I/O this week. This implements a useful function of overlapping things and maps in directions.
It’s reported that the dearth of AI technology may impede the success of the brand new product inside Apple. Apple is currently using the technology of Google Lens or Open AI to implement the Visual Intelligence function.
In consequence, Apple has recently released a big language model (LLM) SDK applied to the iPhone to external developers and is searching for ways to induce AI app development.
Meanwhile, Apple has been found to have stopped developing AI products that collect surrounding information by wearing cameras on smart watches. The event of the AirPod camera model is in progress.
Apple’s development of AI products is repeating progress and cancellation. The news has also been reported that smart glasses were also stopped earlier this 12 months.
He also tried to develop AR glasses that worked with Mac, however it was reported that the plan was discarded earlier this 12 months. Wearable products roadmaps are repeatedly being resized.
Amongst them, Open AI has also begun to develop a chat GPT -only device. Open AI goals to be mass -produced in 2027.
By Park Chan, reporter cpark@aitimes.com
