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These camera-less smart glasses are a great anti-Meta alternative, but the AI still wants to record your life
By Sanuj Bhatia Published
Most smart glasses makers are doubling down on cameras. XGIMI went the other way, and that's exactly why these smart glasses are worth paying attention to.

I tested the $299 X By Xreal a01+ AR glasses over 25,000 miles of travel — they’re proof that we don’t need fancy spatial tracking, we just need a cheaper screen
By Jason England Published
The X By Xreal a01+ just about delivers on the promise of being the MacBook Neo of AR glasses — cheap thrills that ditch all the spatial features in favor of just putting a screen on your face.

I praised Meta’s smart glasses privacy update yesterday — today, its ‘super sensing’ glasses proved me completely wrong
By Jason England Published
Meta is reportedly working on AI glasses that record all day long, and in a complete 180 to yesterday's privacy update, the recording light could be turned off.

Google AI just proved Meta can't fix smart glasses privacy — it's time for 'peeping tom' laws to enter the digital age
By Jason England Last updated
Meta's emergency smart glasses update disables the camera if the privacy LED is tampered with. But I just used Google AI to generate a step-by-step bypass guide.

I’ve traveled over 50,000 miles testing smart glasses in 2026 — here are my 3 favorites that have launched this year so far
By Jason England Published
2026 has been a huge year for smart glasses, and I’ve reviewed every single new release that launched this year. Here are my favorites (so far).

I already paid $300 for Meta’s smart glasses — now it's charging $20 a month for a key feature
By Jason England Last updated
Meta is rate limiting its Conversation Focus feature on smart glasses. Here's why paywalling this locally-run tech that helps people who are hard of hearing is a new low.

Apple is 'rethinking its future product roadmap' after losing smart glasses chief to OpenAI, analysts say
By Scott Younker Published
A look at what recent Apple losses might mean for Apple Glasses and the Vision Pro moving forward.

Major leak reveals Samsung Galaxy Glasses controls, pairing modes and how they might work with smart watches and rings
By Scott Younker Published
Samsung's Galaxy Glasses aren't supposed to launch until the fall but this may be our best look at them yet.
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