A new codename for a not-yet-released Apple device entered the mix over 4th of July weekend.
Developer Sam Henri Gold found code in the second iOS 27 beta referencing an unreleased Apple device codenamed B790 that relays two images from cameras on either side of the wearer's head, the first time the codename has surfaced and the most concrete evidence yet that Apple is building a head-worn wearable that sees what you see.
Gold read the code as pointing to smart glasses, but the naming conventions Apple uses suggest it's more likely to be a new version of AirPods. AirPods Pro 3 use the code B788, so a device two digits above it reads as a close sibling of the AirPods line. The two-cameras-on-either-side layout fits both, glasses with a sensor near each temple or earbuds with cameras in the stems.
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the sensors are meant not for photos or video but for feeding your surroundings to Siri so it can identify what you are looking at and answer questions about it. That depends on Siri reliably understanding what the cameras see, which is more likely to decide the timeline than the hardware.
Code in a beta means Apple is actively building the device, not that it ships soon, and the most credible reporting already points to a 2027 launch rather than this year.