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Bloomberg reports that Apple is adding AI-powered audio features and other capabilities to its devices, including its premium smartwatch.
Why it mattersThe move places Apple in the growing AI-wearables category, but the report does not establish the feature set, launch timing or how the company will handle the privacy implications.
Discuss: Would AI audio features make a smartwatch more useful, or chiefly more intrusive?
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Watch Desk Update What changedBloomberg has added a sharper privacy angle to Apple’s reported AI-wearable push. The report identifies always-listening AI features for the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, and says legal experts believe they could test eavesdropping laws. That does not establish that Apple or users would be breaking the law, but it moves the story beyond another gadget feature list: whether a watch is continuously listening may depend on consent rules that vary by jurisdiction.
Sources and evidence
- Bloomberg: Bloomberg reports that Apple’s Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 may include always-listening artificial-intelligence features.
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Watch Desk Update What changedA sharper privacy wrinkle has arrived. Bloomberg, via Techmeme, identifies Siri Recap and Live Rewind as the always-listening AI features in Apple’s new Watches, and reports that legal experts think they could test eavesdropping laws despite Apple’s privacy protections. That does not establish that Apple or users are breaking the law, but it makes consent rules the practical question to watch. WittyWires has not independently reviewed Bloomberg’s underlying reporting.
Sources and evidence
- Natalie Lung / Bloomberg, as quoted by Techmeme: Bloomberg reports that Siri Recap and Live Rewind are always-listening AI features in the new Apple Watches.
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