Apple Is Building Smart Glasses That Look Like Normal Glasses

Apple is reportedly working on its first smart glasses, aiming to release them in late 2027. According to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, they'll look like an everyday pair of glasses rather than a computer strapped to your face. The first version is expected to skip a screen entirely. Instead, it packs cameras, microphones, speakers and Siri — the same basic formula as Meta's Ray-Ban glasses. Apple has not confirmed any of this, and the timeline has shifted before.

Why should you care? Because glasses may become the next place AI lives. Instead of pulling out your phone, you'd ask Siri about whatever you're looking at — translating a menu, identifying a plant, getting directions whispered in your ear, or snapping a photo hands-free. If Apple and Meta both push hard, expect a price war and rapidly improving features, the same way smartphones got better once competition heated up.

The catch: without a display, these glasses can't show you anything. They can only talk, listen and take pictures — so no floating directions or messages in front of your eyes. There's also a genuine privacy question. A camera on your face makes people around you uneasy, which is why Meta's glasses have already sparked debates about secret recording. And Apple's rumored release dates have slipped before.

Apple isn't giving up on immersive headsets either. It's reportedly exploring about four different designs for a lighter, cheaper follow-up to the Vision Pro, which currently costs $3,500 and is heavy enough that many people don't wear it for long. One idea is moving the battery and processor into a separate device you carry. Apple executives reportedly dislike that approach and prefer an all-in-one design. That headset might not arrive until 2028 or 2029.