A future Apple Watch could include cameras for monitoring the world, expanding Apple's AI and Visual Intelligence efforts out from the iPhone and onto the wrist.

Apple Watch may get built-in cameras by 2027, enhancing AI features and transforming user interaction with wearable technology.

That might also explain why Apple never seriously considered adding a camera to the Apple Watch. There’s only so much you can do in a wrist-sized device, and whatever Apple could manage would likely be subpar and needlessly increase the price of its wearable — all for a feature that most Apple Watch users probably wouldn’t care about.