GoKawiilEarlier this week, Mark Gurman at Bloomberg outlined fresh details about Apple Glasses, with a special focus on design. Here’s why it sounds like Apple is truly playing to its strengths with the forthcoming product.
Apple Glasses rumored to have iconic, ‘instantly recognizable’ design across four styles
Previous reports on Apple’s upcoming smart glasses have given us a great idea of what the product will do. Rumored features include deep iPhone integration, cameras for photography and visual intelligence, a voice-first interface with iOS 27’s new Siri, and more.
But this week, we got our most detailed update yet on what Apple Glasses might look like.
Mark Gurman writes at Bloomberg:
Apple’s design team has whipped up at least four different styles and plans to launch some or all of them, I’m told, as well as many color options. The latest units are made from a high-end material called acetate, which is known to be more durable and luxurious than the standard plastic used by many brands. Here are the designs in testing: A large rectangular frame, reminiscent of Ray-Ban Wayfarers
A slimmer rectangular design, similar to the glasses worn by Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook
Larger oval or circular frames
A smaller, more refined oval or circular option Apple is exploring a range of finishes, including black, ocean blue and light brown. As with AirPods and the Apple Watch, the goal is to create a design that is instantly recognizable. Apple refers to this as the “icon” internally. One notable detail under consideration is the camera system: vertically oriented oval lenses with surrounding lights, a departure from the circular design seen in Meta’s products.
Competing smart glasses products all tend to look pretty good. And that’s no surprise, since companies like Meta have partnered with glasses experts: Ray-Ban, Oakley, and more.
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