TL;DR
- Apple’s smart glasses reportedly face another delay, giving rivals more time to strengthen their position in the rapidly growing wearable AI market.
- Meta continues to build momentum with its Ray-Ban smart glasses and is reportedly working on additional models, potentially widening its lead before Apple arrives.
- Unlike Apple, Meta’s smart glasses work across both Android and iOS, giving the company access to a much larger audience and a significant advantage as the category expands.
For years now, Apple’s smart glasses have felt like one of tech’s longest-running rumors. Every few months, a new leak arrives promising that Apple’s answer to Meta’s Ray-Bans is just around the corner. Yet somehow, that corner keeps moving. The latest Bloomberg report suggests we may have to wait even longer.
According to Mark Gurman, Apple is still working toward a smart glasses launch sometime next year. That doesn’t sound too bad until you remember that previous reports pointed to a 2026 unveiling followed by a 2027 release. As is often the case with ambitious Apple hardware projects, the timeline appears to be slipping. And that’s becoming a problem.
