Apple Postpones Development of AI Pendant

Apple has postponed development of a camera-equipped AI pendant or pin intended to give Siri visual information about a user’s surroundings, according to reporting by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The project’s future remains unclear: the reporting does not establish whether work has been permanently ended or might resume, and Apple has not provided a reason for the delay in the supplied accounts. The proposed device was described as a wearable that could be attached to clothing or worn around the neck. Its camera would capture visual information for Siri, allowing the assistant to respond to questions about what a wearer was seeing or nearby. Earlier descriptions characterized it as an always-on camera accessory for the iPhone, with its information processed by Siri. The accounts do not confirm a release date. The postponement was reported alongside coverage of Apple’s other wearable work, but the reports do not establish that those projects caused the decision. Apple is also said to be developing camera-equipped AirPods and considering a screenless fitness wearable. One account described the fitness device as being in prototype, while another said it might not arrive before 2028.