I tried an AI food camera at CES 2026

One among my favourite issues about CES is the chance to see wild idea units. Not all of those are house runs (corresponding to Razer’s AI anime girlfriend speaker), however they’re nonetheless fascinating glimpses into what some corporations see as the way forward for client tech. Well being/health model Amazfit has two such idea units at CES 2026 — the V1TAL Meals Digicam and Helio Good Glasses — and I had the chance to attempt each.

The V1TAL is well essentially the most polarizing of the 2, so let’s begin there. I noticed the V1TAL behind closed doorways finally yr’s CES, however this was the primary time I may {photograph} it and see it extra totally. As for what it’s, it’s precisely as I describe within the headline: an AI digital camera that watches you whilst you eat.

It really works like this. Press a button on the V1TAL to disclose its digital camera, set it up for a transparent view of what you’re consuming, press the document button, eat your meal, after which finish the recording. Inside a couple of seconds, the recording is uploaded to the Amazfit app, and your meal is logged.

It’s the identical primary idea as taking an image of your meal along with your cellphone to trace what you eat, however as a substitute of a single photograph, the Amazfit V1TAL captures a nonetheless picture each few seconds — exhibiting not simply what you ate but additionally how you ate it. As such, the V1TAL can see how a lot of your meal you truly ate, how rapidly you ate it, and whether or not you targeted on sure objects in your plate whereas not touching others (e.g., skipping fruits or greens at dinner).

From right here, Amazfit’s AI analyzes the information and offers suggestions/insights in your consuming habits within the companion app. It’s possible you’ll obtain a suggestion to eat extra slowly in the event you completed your meal too rapidly, or a mild reminder that you simply left your broccoli untouched.

No doubt, that is extra insightful than snapping an everyday photograph of your meals. For somebody who’s carefully monitoring their weight loss program to drop pounds or acquire muscle, a tool just like the V1TAL may very well be helpful. However even for these folks, and particularly for people who casually log what they eat, is that further bit of knowledge definitely worth the effort of organising a devoted meals digital camera for each meal? That’s what Amazfit continues to be making an attempt to determine because it develops the V1TAL.

The opposite Amazfit machine I noticed, and the one I’m extra personally focused on, is the Helios Good Glasses. It is a very early prototype (similar to the V1TAL is), so the design is much from ultimate. Nevertheless, the core thought behind them is admittedly neat.

Moderately than serving as a notification hub, as most sensible glasses do, the Helios Good Glasses are designed for health. When paired with an Amazfit smartwatch, the glasses can show info like your steps, distance, and tempo throughout a run or biking session. Should you’re following a route in your watch, you’ll see turn-by-turn instructions on the glasses as nicely. You see this info at in regards to the midpoint of your line of sight, and even on the early mannequin I used to be testing, it regarded sharp and high-quality.

Amazfit has no agency launch plans for both the V1TAL Meals Digicam or Helios Good Glasses, and, as famous above, each units are very early prototypes. Nothing right here is ready in stone.

Whereas I’m not 100% offered on the V1TAL, I’m curious to see how Amazfit continues to develop it. I’m way more gung-ho in regards to the Helios Good Glasses, and I can’t await Amazfit to (hopefully) convey them to market. Greater than something, I’m simply glad to see Amazfit discover new classes like this. These are unquestionably very inventive devices, and that’s precisely what I wish to see at CES.