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If Meta Glasses Freak You Out, Wait Until You Hear About the New Apple Watch Features
Gizmodo • • general
Key Points:
- Apple unveiled the iPhone Duo, a foldable iPhone, and the Apple Watch Series 12 featuring AI-powered Siri with new audio intelligence capabilities at its fall event hosted by CEO John Ternus.
- The Apple Watch Series 12 introduces Live Rewind, allowing users to replay the last 15 seconds of a conversation, and Siri Recap, which summarizes daily conversations using ambient listening.
- Apple claims privacy protections ensure raw audio is inaccessible even to the company, and Live Rewind triggers an audible chime to alert nearby people when recording occurs.
- Privacy concerns arise as these always-listening features could record bystanders without consent, echoing controversies surrounding other surveillance tech like Meta Glasses.
- Despite Apple's strong privacy reputation, the new audio intelligence features may provoke public backlash over potential covert recording and surveillance issues.
