{"id":859371,"date":"2026-08-18T07:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/859371\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T07:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:40:13","slug":"a-demo-video-of-airpods-with-cameras-has-leaked-via-a-macos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/859371\/","title":{"rendered":"A demo video of AirPods with cameras has leaked via a macOS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple has accidentally left a lot of data within the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate, including a demo video showcasing AirPods<\/a> with cameras. It is our best look yet. <\/p>\n

The new AirPods with cameras have been rumored<\/a> since January 2025. Not much is known about the product, but a lot of debate has been had over whether or not Apple’s earbuds would actually gain “cameras.” <\/p>\n

In a video found within the macOS Tahoe<\/a> 26.7 release candidate, AirPods with Visual Intelligence are clearly shown and referenced. The video was shared by the code sleuth @aaronp613, which has a Siri<\/a> voice saying a short tutorial. <\/p>\n

With Visual Intelligence, your world becomes savable. See something you like? Just ask me to save it for later.”<\/p>\n

Here is the short video: <\/p>\n

The AirPods Pro<\/a> seen in the video appear to be a normal pair, with no signs of added hardware. Presumably, whatever camera or sensor is being used for Visual Intelligence is in the tip where the microphone is normally placed. <\/p>\n

The person in the video has short hair that doesn’t get in the way, so it remains to be seen how such a feature might be used for those that have long hair. Perhaps Apple will simply warn the user that the sensor is obstructed when attempting to use Visual Intelligence. <\/p>\n

Whatever the case, it seems that AirPods with cameras are well beyond the testing phases at Apple. However, the video’s presence in a macOS Tahoe release candidate doesn’t suggest they are imminent. <\/p>\n

Apple could reveal the product during the fall iPhone 18<\/a> event, which is expected to occur<\/a> on September 9. The feature flags that were left on<\/a> could be targeting any future release, so discovering such information in macOS Tahoe doesn’t mean it’ll be a feature in the OS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple has accidentally left a lot of data within the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate, including a demo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,105],"class_list":["post-859371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}