A demo video of AirPods with cameras has leaked via a macOS Tahoe 26.7 RC

2 days ago by misk to c/apple

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

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NaibofTabr 26 points 2 days ago

fucking why

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misk 2 points 2 days ago

Accessibility for the vision impaired comes to mind. They’ll probably try to sell it as „Grok Siri is this true” device.

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the_q 4 points 2 days ago

Please... Apple doesn't care about that and you know it. If anything that'll be in the marketing video.

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lemmysmash 3 points a day ago

With all my despise to Apple as a company, accessibility is one (an possibly the only?) area where they actually do more good than bad. Not only their own products are usually doing it quite well (both software and hardware-wise), but they also push the overall accessibility standards up across the industry.

That said... Accessibility is absolutely not the main point of these aiPervertPods. They probably will drive some accessibility features with them, but the main goal is far from it.

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misk -2 points 2 days ago

AirPods Pro are surprisingly good and affordable hearing aids already (and certified as such in some countries IIRC). Apple does good things sometimes. Of course they’ll use it for marketing because why wouldn’t they.

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captainlezbian 3 points a day ago

I get that real hearing aids are expensive, but there's no way in fuck they're actually decent hearing aids. Maybe they can function as the auditory equivalent of drug store reading glasses, but cheapo hearing aids are unpleasant and can make it more difficult to understand speech in many situations.

As someone who's been wearing hearing aids for 20+ years, if you need them, go to an audiologist, and discuss your use cases and needs. Cheaping out will result in hearing aids you're less open to using and learning to use. None are as comfortable as natural hearing, but they aren't just a microphone and selective amplifier anymore.

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the_q 3 points 2 days ago

Wow.

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orvorn 2 points 2 days ago

The affordability comes at the cost of relying on an accessibility device that is actively spying on you, and if you're in the US, probably reporting your activities to your insurance company via a data broker. It's the same as Teslas or Ring cameras being used as an accessibility device.

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shartgargle 1 point 2 days ago

Yes, cause hearing aids are big business. They're really trying to corner the hearing aid market with this...

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