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.

Meta and Samsung are apparently looking into people's ears too, but the path to in-ear cameras has proved to be a little tricky. The report, by Bloomberg, details the efforts of Apple's earbud rivals.

"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."

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

Samsung launched its Galaxy Buds 3 and Buds 3 Pro back in July last year with a major redesign. Instead of the rounded design of the first two generations, now it contains a stem. The Pro model also has a light strip,

Looking to replace your Bluetooth earbuds? The Samsung Galaxy Buds FE are 40% off at Amazon right now, bringing their typical $99.99 price tag down to just $59.99. These earbuds are great if you’re a fan of in-ear headphones for music, phone calls, virtual meetings, and more.

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