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Meta is rolling out a mandatory update that disables its smart glasses' camera if the privacy LED is tampered with, even as it reportedly tests always-on glasses that would skip the light entirely.
New York's Unified Court System will bar recording-capable eyewear from its 1,240-plus courts starting July 20, the first statewide blanket ban of its kind.
At Google I/O 2026, Google previewed Android XR smart glasses powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro with partners Samsung, Warby Parker, Gentle Monster, and XREAL, while reaffirming the summer rollout of Gemini Intelligence across its device fleet.
Apple is reportedly testing four frame styles for its first smart glasses, signaling a more consumer-friendly wearables push ahead of a possible 2027 launch.
A 75-organization coalition is pressing Meta to permanently drop plans for a face-identifying feature on its AI glasses, calling it 'a red line society must not cross.'
Meta unveiled the Ray-Ban Meta Blayzer Optics and Scriber Optics, its first AI-powered smart glasses engineered from the ground up for prescription wearers, priced at $499 and shipping to U.S. retail on April 14.
London-based consumer electronics startup Nothing is developing AI-powered smart glasses with cameras, microphones, and speakers for a first-half 2027 launch, alongside new AI-focused earbuds arriving later in 2026, as CEO Carl Pei reverses his earlier resistance to the wearable form factor.
Samsung has disclosed the first technical details of its Android XR-powered smart glasses, which will ship with a Qualcomm AR1 chipset and integrate Google's Gemini AI assistant. The device enters a market where Meta's Ray-Ban partnership holds an estimated 82 percent share.