Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that health and wellness will anchor Apple’s future smart glasses. Vision Pro was originally meant to double as a workout companion, running Apple Fitness+ while cameras analyzed exercise form, yet its heft scuttled those ambitions.

Now the focus has moved to the glasses lineup. Gurman says the devices are expected to carry enough sensors to record activity data and analyze movement, echoing how AirPods evolved into hearing aids. The Vision Products Group, which builds the glasses and XR devices, has posted a role for a design lead charged with shaping health, wellness and fitness features.

The first-generation glasses probably will not ship with full fitness tracking, Gurman cautions. The hiring still signals that Apple sees health features as a way to make eyewear more useful than a camera-and-assistant accessory.

Meta has an early lead here. Its Ray-Ban and Meta glasses already support workout features, and an April update added calorie estimates from food visuals. Apple could position its glasses as a companion to the Apple Watch, with cameras counting reps, reading weights and logging treadmill sessions during exercise.

Source: Road to VR