iOS 27 Beta Reveals Code for a B790 Visual Intelligence Wearable With Two Cameras
The assets point to on-device visual queries that could feed Siri using stereo camera input and leave Apple’s product type and launch timing unconfirmed.
Overview
- Developer Sam Henri Gold uncovered iOS 27 developer beta 2 assets, posted Monday, that reference a device codenamed B790 inside Visual Intelligence system prompts.
- The system prompts include example behaviors such as landmark recognition and short visual‑to‑text queries, and they explicitly describe handling two images “left first, right second” from cameras on either side of a user’s head.
- Reporting disagrees on what B790 names: some outlets and codename patterns link it to a camera‑equipped AirPods successor while other leaks reserve a separate codename, N50, for Apple’s smart glasses.
- Sources and later posts also note earlier reports of advanced testing and a separate claim that development was “suspended,” so Apple’s confirmation and a release timeline remain uncertain.
- If the feature ships it could let users ask Siri about nearby objects without using an iPhone camera, but it raises practical questions about how Apple will show when cameras are active and how privacy will be handled.