#smart-glasses

A report cited by Engadget says Meta is developing an AI pendant, preparing up to four new smart-glasses models, and planning a business subscription offering around wearable AI.

At I/O 2026, Google discussed AI-enabled glasses with partners including Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, but largely avoided calling the category ‘smart glasses,’ instead using terms such as ‘intelligent eyewear’ and ‘a

The smart glasses market is broadening quickly, with Meta and Ray-Ban’s reported sales surge helping turn a niche wearable format into a more contested mainstream category.

Meta’s AI-enabled glasses have moved from novelty to mainstream wearable category leader, with more than 7 million pairs sold in 2025 and rivals now adjusting their own strategies around the format.

More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, are urging Meta to abandon reported plans to add facial recognition to smart glasses, escalating a growing fight over wearable surveillance.

A new report says Apple is evaluating at least four frame styles and premium materials for a future smart-glasses product, though the effort remains in testing rather than launch mode.

Reports from China suggest students are using rented AI-enabled smart glasses to scan test questions and display answers, turning the devices into both a cheating tool and a side hustle.

Meta introduced two slimmer Ray-Ban smart glasses aimed at prescription wearers, signaling a new phase in the effort to make AI eyewear look and feel more conventional.

Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are being paired with AI facial recognition to identify strangers in public without consent, triggering a privacy backlash reminiscent of the Google Glass era.

Offshore Meta workers describe being forced to watch personal, intimate recordings captured by Ray-Ban smart glasses in a new privacy investigation.