A recent report claims that Samsung, Meta, and Apple want to incorporate cameras into their earbuds. Earbuds are among the most common accessories these days. Chances are you’ll find many people wearing them on the street.

Don't hold your breath for this feature any time soon, but it sounds like several brands are thinking about it.

"Feature creep" is defined on Wikipedia as "excessive ongoing expansion or addition of new features in a product." It goes on to demonstrate the problems, as "these extra features go beyond the basic function of the product and can result in software bloat and over-complication, rather than simple design."

Putting cameras in earbuds serves as an interesting stopgap to smart glasses, with Apple, Meta, and Samsung rumored to be working.