3 min readNew DelhiFeb 23, 2026 04:17 PM IST In an effort to gain a competitive edge in the AI race, Apple is reportedly eyeing a new category of wearable AI devices focused on visual intelligence. Apple CEO Tim Cook has dropped several hints at internal meetings about developing AI wearables built around Visual Intelligence, which the company considers to be a type of technology that can see the surrounding environment and use that context to take action, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. First made available on the iPhone 16 Pro in 2024, Apple has been rolling out features that offer Visual Intelligence such as letting users take a photo or screenshot and then ask questions about the content via OpenAI’s ChatGPT and reverse image search through Google. But now, Apple is reportedly working on visual AI models that will power its new AI wearables. “One of our most popular features is Visual Intelligence, which helps users learn and do more than ever with the content on their iPhone screen, making it faster to search, …