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AirPods Pro 4 Could Feature Cameras to 'See Around You'
(www.macrumors.com)
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this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2026
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If you read the article, it's a small infrared camera for gesture detection or spacial audio. It's not going to have a high resolution or range
A real camera would be way too much of a power drain for something as small as an earbud.
Which technically could be used to provide visual details, map private spaces, detect faces. Sure it’s not a camera, but it still could be used.
That said, it has a microphone and no one is crying, so…
ok. you are got me to read it.