Apple smart glasses have a secret weapon against Meta Ray-Bans - and it's Tim Cook's 'next big thing'
Tom's Guide • • technology
Key Points:
- Apple is reportedly intensifying efforts to develop AI-powered wearables, with its smart glasses leading the charge to compete with Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, featuring a key technology called Visual Intelligence.
- Visual Intelligence, introduced on the iPhone 16 Pro, is an AI feature that uses the camera to recognize objects, read text, provide information, enable real-time translation, and perform instant web searches, similar to Google Lens.
- CEO Tim Cook has expressed strong interest in Visual Intelligence, hinting at its expanded role in future devices, including AI wearables like smart glasses, an AI pendant, and AI AirPods, with plans to enhance the technology using proprietary AI visual models by 2026.
- Apple's smart glasses are
