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Meta’s first Android-based AR glasses could be landing very soon at an irresistible price

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-12 22:56:01

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Meta’s first augmented reality glasses are reportedly launching next month. These glasses, codenamed “Hypernova,” will offer a barebones interface with basic support for notifications and Meta’s AI. The glasses are reported to launch at just $800, to rake in far more orders than Apple’s extravagantly priced Vision Pro. Apple took a leap of faith when it first showcased its $3,500 extended reality headset, the Vision Pro, in 2023. Despite the slow roll

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Samsung is working on an all-new pair of smart glasses to take on Ray-Ban Meta

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-15 15:22:18

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is reportedly developing affordable smart glasses inspired by Ray-Ban Meta. The glasses may include a camera, speakers, and a microphone, but no display. Set for a late 2026 debut, these smart glasses are separate from Samsung’s XR headset plans. Smart glasses remain a particularly niche genre of wearable technology, even in mid-2025, but they are steadily growing in popularity. While the Ray-Ban Meta continues to lead the charge and has prove

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One of the Most Prolific VR Headset Makers (Not Meta) Now Has Smart Glasses (Not Ray-Bans)

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-11-17 06:28:40

XR, or extended reality, headsets are on the outs, but smart glasses are eating more and more of what was once VR’s slice of the face-mounted wearables pie. HTC, one of the few lingering pioneers of VR headsets with its Vive series, couldn’t stand up to Meta’s Quest for cheap consumer virtual reality, but it may be able to shoulder in some room with a new pair of smart glasses that goes tit for tat with Meta’s Ray-Ban and Oakley HSTN smart eyewear. The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have proved pop

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I tried Meta's new Oakley smart glasses in my production studio - my verdict as a content creator

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-11-17 11:06:00

Jason Howell/ZDNET Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. When I saw that Oakley and Meta's collaboration on the HSTN Limited Edition smart glasses with improved 3K video for $499, I was excited they might be the perfect pair of POV glasses for the studio. Oakley's sport-forward design isn't my favorite, but I could easily overlook any aesthetic shortcomings if they nailed my primary use case of easy, hands-free recording fo

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Thought HTC was dead? It just launched a surprisingly compelling Ray-Ban Meta rival

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-17 21:07:58

HTC Vive TL;DR HTC’s Vive division has announced a new pair of smart glasses called Eagle. These glasses come with a design similar to Ray-Ban Meta glasses but with better specifications and more colors. Unfortunately, HTC is limiting sales to Taiwan, unlike other Vive headsets that also sell globally. HTC has long given up on phones (except it hasn’t completely and still sells entry-level phones in certain markets). But its Vive division has continued to work on AR, VR, and XR headsets. It

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Solos is equipping its smart glasses with an AI for the blind and low-vision community

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-17 21:00:09

Solos is teaming up with Envision, a company that makes assistive technology for the blind and low-vision community, to add an AI called Ally to its AirGo smart glasses platform. This chatbot was designed for those with vision issues. The companies say this integration creates a "first-of-its-kind, hands-free, voice-activated wearable." Solos says the specs can perform a number of tasks that should make life easier for the low-vision community, including recognizing and reading text in real tim

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These smart glasses use AI to help low-vision users

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-11-17 21:00:00

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Accessibility-focused tech provider Envision has partnered with eyewear company Solos to launch new smart glasses specifically designed for blind and low-vision users. Envision says the camera-equipped Ally Solos Glasses can read and translate text, desc

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HTC is getting in on AI glasses, too

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-11-17 21:40:44

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. With Meta, Google, Samsung, and maybe even Apple working on AI-powered glasses, smart spectacles are quickly becoming the hottest gadget in tech. Now, even HTC is jumping in on the trend with a new pair of Vive Eagle smart glasses that come with built-in speaker

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My favorite lens and screen-cleaning kit keeps my tech smudge-free, and it costs $8

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2025-11-18 10:00:13

The Koala cleaning kit with a pair of glasses. Kayla Solino/ZDNET I've been wearing prescription glasses since I was 18 months old, so trust me when I tell you I know a lot about keeping lenses clean and protected -- I've had over 20 years of practice. While it may seem like you can clean your sunglasses or glasses with any old "glass cleaner," or something as simple as soap and water, I am here to tell you that it can be a huge (and costly) mistake. Most glass cleaning products (even dish soa

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Show HN: Real-time privacy protection for smart glasses

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-15 20:40:47

Privacy Infrastructure for Smart Glasses Build smart glasses apps without privacy concerns. Smart glasses apps face privacy hurdles. This real-time privacy filter sits between the camera and the app, automatically ensuring compliance. How it works: Replace your raw camera feed with our filtered stream. The filter processes live video, applies privacy protections, and outputs a compliant stream in real time. Use this processed stream for AI apps, social apps, or anything else. Features: Anon

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Liquid Glass gets more changes in iOS 26 beta 6, here’s what’s new

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-11-25 02:54:47

iOS 26 beta 6 arrived today with new ringtones, faster launching apps, important Camera reversal, and more. Apple has also made some additional updates to Liquid Glass, here’s what’s new in iOS 26 beta 6. Latest Liquid Glass refinements impact Lock Screen, tab bars, more Apple continues refining the look of its Liquid Glass design in iOS 26. Major changes seem to be behind us with the public launch fast approaching. But there are some noticeable enhancements in the latest iOS 26 beta nonethel

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I tested Meta's new Oakley smart glasses in the studio - my take as a content creator

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-11-25 21:00:00

Jason Howell/ZDNET When I saw that Oakley and Meta's collaboration on the HSTN Limited Edition smart glasses with improved 3K video for $499, I was excited they might be the perfect pair of POV glasses for the studio. Oakley's sport-forward design isn't my favorite, but I could easily overlook any aesthetic shortcomings if they nailed my primary use case of easy, hands-free recording for my smartphone reviews and how-to content. Also: I spent a weekend with Meta's new Oakley smart glasses - t

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Apple applies for patent on that ‘single slab of glass’ iPhone

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-11-26 11:10:33

iOS 26 is giving us a glass-like UI, but Apple’s long-term vision for the iPhone hardware is what former design chief Jony Ive referred to as a “single slab of glass.” A new Apple patent application appears to refer to work on this, describing a “six-sided glass enclosure” … An all-glass iPhone Ive may be long gone from his role at Apple, but the company is believed to be still working toward his vision of a device which would look like a single slab of glass. The company’s first major step

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Meta Says ‘Big Wearable’ News Is Coming, but There’s Only One Thing I Want to Know

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-11-27 21:25:42

Meta has been on a pretty serious campaign to prove it’s at the cutting edge of consumer tech, and AI isn’t the only target on the board. AR/XR has also clearly been a priority if the last few weeks are any indication (see this paper in Nature about its wristband tech and drips on groundbreaking VR research for proof), and its vision on that front is starting to actually take shape. According to Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, the company’s annual Connect conference in September, where it showcases t

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Five iOS 26 features I already can't live without - and how to access them

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-11-29 09:00:21

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Apple has been busy prepping iOS 26 for its likely debut in September. Until then, the iPhone's upcoming new OS has been accessible for anyone to try via a developer beta (now up to version 5) and the initial public beta. Though iOS 26 still has at least a month of tweaks before it's finalized, the beta flavors already provide a peek at what to expect. You can download iOS 26 beta on your iPhone now. Here's how to install it -- and which models support it. Also: The best MagSa

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My top 5 favorite iOS 26 features so far - and how to try them all now

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-11-30 21:51:15

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Apple has been busy prepping iOS 26 for its likely debut in September. Until then, the iPhone's upcoming new OS has been accessible for anyone to try via a developer beta (now up to version 5) and the initial public beta. Though iOS 26 still has at least a month of tweaks before it's finalized, the beta flavors already provide a peek at what to expect. You can download iOS 26 beta on your iPhone now. Here's how to install it -- and which models support it. Also: The best MagSa

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Apple just gifted Trump a 24k gold Gorilla Glass statue, and a $100 billion peace offering

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-02 04:26:44

NBC News TL;DR Apple CEO Tim Cook has gifted US President Donald Trump a circular Gorilla Glass statue with a gold Apple logo and a 24K gold base. The commemorative statue was presented to Trump ahead of Cook’s $100 billion US investment announcement at the White House. The peace offering comes after the President criticized and pressured Apple to bring more of its supply chain stateside. In a heartwarming display of capitalism, Apple has gifted US President Donald Trump what may be the worl

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Tim Cook gifts Trump with 100% US-made piece of glass on a 24k gold base

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-01 22:59:15

During today’s Oval Office announcement of the American Manufacturing Program (AMP), a visibly nervous Tim Cook presented President Trump with a “unique unit of one” piece of Kentucky-made glass, mounted on a 24k gold stand crafted in Utah. A unique unit of one As the press briefing began, Cook stood alongside Trump and in front of a pair of easels displaying the projected returns from Apple’s $600 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing over the next four years. He also held a big, white bo

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Every iPhone and Apple Watch sold worldwide will ‘soon’ have a US-made cover glass

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-02 11:59:07

During today’s announcement of Apple’s American Manufacturing Program, the company confirmed that it will expand its partnership with Corning to produce 100% of iPhone and Apple Watch cover glass in Kentucky. Here are the details. ’The largest and most advanced production line ever created for smartphone glass’ As part of today’s commitment to invest an extra $100B in domestic manufacturing, Apple said that $2.5B will go toward expanding its partnership with Corning. Thanks to the new project

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Apple made a 24k gold and glass statue for Donald Trump

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-02 16:48:32

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. At a White House press conference to discuss Apple’s new US manufacturing plans, CEO Tim Cook presented a gift to President Donald Trump: a “unique” piece of glass from iPhone glass manufacturer Corning that’s set in a 24-karat gold base. The piece of glass is a large disc with the Apple

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Apple’s latest Liquid Glass design shows it won’t back down with iOS 26

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-05 16:10:59

iOS 26 is a feature-packed update, but the biggest change is easily the new Liquid Glass design. And the latest iOS 26 beta shows that despite criticism, Apple isn’t backing down from its original Liquid Glass vision. The evolution of Liquid Glass in iOS 26 so far Every summer, the same story plays out with Apple software: Apple unveils its major new releases in June. It iterates on features and designs throughout the summer beta cycle. Then the finished product ships in September. This year

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Ray-Ban Meta stealth stickers go viral but fail to beat safeguards

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-06 06:08:51

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR A TikTok seller is promoting vinyl “Ghost Dots” that claim to block the recording light on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. Meta’s glasses disable photo and video recording when the light is blocked, and comments suggest the stickers don’t work. TikTok briefly removed the product, but it’s already back on sale. Anyone talking to a Ray-Ban Meta wearer probably wants to know if they’re being recorded, which is why the tech giant added a recording light to it

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Everything new in iOS 26 beta 5

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-06 06:49:38

iOS 26 beta 5 is out now for iPhones on the developer beta release cycle. Below we’re collecting all of the iOS 26 beta 5 changes compared to the previous version. iOS 26 beta 5 changes The first thing we noticed in iOS 26 beta 5 is a bouncy new animation when the Lock Screen before entering your passcode or unlocking with Face ID or Touch ID. The new beta also introduces a lot of splash screens for Apple’s built-in apps that will appear upon first launch after updating to iOS 26. Unlike iOS

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The Future Beyond Meta Quest and Vision Pro Is Coming in Glasses Form. What Will VR Look Like Then?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-07 06:00:00

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently declared that the gadget of the future is AI-infused glasses. Zuckerberg and Meta have been interested in these types of peripherals for years, but the focus has clearly been shifting lately from VR on our faces to glasses on our faces. Meta's not alone here. Apple sees a future in AR. Google does too. So does Samsung. The list of players goes on and on. As VR has shifted to mixed reality, and smart glasses promise augmented reality features to come, and AI evo

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Liquid Glass on an iMac G4 may be the cutest thing you see today

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-07 17:00:26

I’ve always thought that the iMac G4 was one of the most beautiful products Apple has ever made. It’s now more than two decades old, but I still think it looks as futuristic as it did on the day it launched. I’d also say that Apple’s 2025 Mac operating system looks somehow just right on this 2002 machine, as ably achieved by self-described tinkerer Colby Sheets … Sheets described his creation of the iMac G4 with an M1 chip as a passion project in celebration of the life and inspiration of Stev

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The Best Open Earbuds You Can Buy Aren’t Actually Earbuds at All

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-12-08 11:02:00

Back in my day, the name of the game when it came to wireless audio was noise cancellation. That’s to say, how much noise can your wireless earbuds possibly block? And sure, active noise-cancellation (ANC) wireless earbuds are probably never going to fall out of vogue entirely, but in recent years, audio companies have recognized that it is, in fact, nice to sometimes be aware of your surroundings. Thus, a market for open earbuds was created. If you’re not familiar with “open earbuds,” as they’

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VR Is in a Really Bad Place Right Now and Smart Glasses Are to Blame

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-12-09 16:50:44

Remember VR? It’s that thing where you put on a headset and… You remember VR, right? If you don’t remember VR, you couldn’t be blamed, because things have taken a turn since way back in 2023, and right now, VR seems to be on the back burner, cold, with the heat turned off, while its sister tech, XR/AR is front and center, getting all of chef’s Michelin-starred attention. That’s not just a feeling, either; there are numbers to bear that trend out. Year over year, Meta said last week that Meta Re

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Best Smart Glasses in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-11 23:00:00

CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review products and services. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. I’ve reviewed virtual and augmented reality tech for well over a decade, going all the way back to Google Glass in 2013. And yet, the category of smart glasses still feels strange and new. Part of that is because smart glasses take on many different forms. They’re all lightweight things that have tech in them and rest on your nos

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The $299 Halo smart glasses will remember the names of people you meet

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-12-12 02:36:21

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Startup Brilliant Labs has announced a successor to its $349 open-source Frame smart glasses, which debuted early last year with features like AI-powered translations and the ability to identify what you were looking at. Its new $299 Halo smart glasses are priced closer to Meta’s entry-level Ray-Ban models and come with upgraded AI capabilities,

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I tried iOS 26 as an Android user, and my biggest issue has nothing to do with Liquid Glass

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-12 08:00:59

Ryan Haines / Android Authority I’m a Pixel guy, have been for years — everyone knows it. So, you can imagine I was pretty pleased when Google unveiled Material 3 Expressive, and it looked like a refinement of the Pixel UI design that I already loved. And then came Apple with its new Liquid Glass interface as part of iOS 26. Simply put, I thought it looked awful. It was hard to read, and the original glass effects looked clunky. Now, though, I’ve given iOS 26 a shot. I’ve loaded it onto my iP

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