Apple rethinking approach to headsets, Bloomberg reports

Apple (AAPL) is considering options for its headsets, including keeping the Vision Pro more or less the same but focusing on a less expensive version, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. The company could also follow up with a second-generation version of the original, higher-end Vision Pro that has a new chip and Apple Intelligence. Apple could remove the on-board computer and external battery from the Vision Pro and shift many of the internal functions over to the iPhone. Apple is working on a new version of the AirPods Pro that uses external cameras and artificial intelligence to understand the outside world and provide information to the user, Gurman says. Apple could ultimately release some or all of these products, but Gurman says there isn’t a consensus on how it will approach the headsets, but says that the resignation of Masimo (MASI) CEO Joe Kiani could open the door for lawyers from Apple and Masimo to work out a deal to bring blood-oxygen sensing back to new Apple Watches.