Apple Develops Health Features for Smart Glasses, With 1st-Gen Model Likely Missing Them
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Updated · 9to5Mac · Aug 2
Apple Develops Health Features for Smart Glasses, With 1st-Gen Model Likely Missing Them
3 articles · Updated · 9to5Mac · Aug 2
Summary
Apple is building health and fitness features for future non-AR smart glasses, but the capabilities are unlikely to arrive in the first-generation model expected next year.
Mark Gurman reported the push revives a health-platform idea Apple had explored for Vision Pro, including a Fitness+ app with workout videos, movement tracking and ring-closing inside the headset.
That Vision Pro effort was dropped because the headset was too heavy for workouts and faced technical hurdles, forcing Apple to rethink how fitness would work on lighter glasses without displays.
Apple is still staffing the project: a Vision Products Group job posting seeks someone to shape health, well-being and fitness experiences across vision products, pointing to a longer-term wearables strategy.