The Next Wrist Check

Apple unveiled the iPhone Duo a few hours ago, which is its first foldable iPhone and one of the biggest changes to the device in years. The design is sleek, the engineering is impressive, and the features are getting plenty of attention.

But what caught my attention was the new Apple Watch Series 12. Not because of the watch itself, but because of two of its new features.

Live Rewind can turn the previous 15 seconds of a conversation into text, while Siri Recap can create summaries of conversations for you to review later.

I have written before about AI wearables entering the courtroom, and what interests me about these features is how quickly capabilities that once sounded unusual are becoming ordinary features on devices people already wear every day.

Capturing a conversation, turning it into text, and having AI summarize it is becoming easier and less noticeable. Now think about the witness stand, a deposition, a sequestration order, or even a hallway conversation during trial.

For years, judges have watched to see whether someone in the audience was trying to record a witness while that witness was on the stand. Now they may have to look a little more closely at what the witness is wearing.

So the next time someone says, “Wrist check,” it may mean something very different.