Here’s what to expect from smart glasses right now, including all the ones I’ve already been putting on my face.
You can find the products mentioned in this video linked below
Meta Ray-Bans
XREAL One Pro
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Smart Glasses Are Inevitable, but They Still Have a Lot to Prove
0:00 Testing Google’s New Smart Glasses
0:45 What’s Going On Here?
1:07 Big Players in Smart Glasses
1:33 What Are Smart Glasses Being Used For?
2:26 Project Aura Features
3:19 Other Wireless Display Glasses
4:17 How Do They Work With Prescriptions?
5:23 How Do They Work With Your PHONE?
6:05 Google’s Android XR
6:27 Neural Bands & Smart Rings
7:07 Do You Need Smart Glasses?
7:38 Where Things Are Heading
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@beringei1013
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 am
Ready player One!
@frattylight
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 am
Holy privacy issue, and Meta. Products like this should be discontinued.
@yaboipookiepook
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 am
People like you should go hide in the cave and stop complaining about new breakthroughs and the advancements of technology 🤦🏽♂️🤨
@RelDaDev
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 pm
Phones are essentially the same, potentially worse no? The fact you wouldn’t even suspect someone with a phone of spying? Someone could record you & be like oh no sorry I’m looking at reels, or just not be questioned. I get there’s less movements I guess fair arguement though. We already have cameras always pointed
@smittyvanjagermanjenson182
December 10, 2025 at 2:59 pm
nope. once majority has these devices, then it’ll just be the same as it was at the dawn of smartphones. people aren’t special. data confirms that majority of the population is near the exact same
@MrWorldwide1
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 am
His eyes keep tripping me out
@gridvid
December 10, 2025 at 10:24 am
I hope their full Android XR OS will make its way on small waveguide display glasses soon 😊
@ropro9817
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 am
Yay… the return of the glassholes!
@surgeinc1
December 10, 2025 at 11:07 am
I walk my dogs at night. Feel safer with my Meta Raybans.
@businessoftechnology
December 10, 2025 at 11:16 am
It is funny that nobody even talks about Microsoft’s silent solution anymore. It was so leading edge for a moment.
@urbanstrencan
December 10, 2025 at 11:17 am
Hope to see smart glasses by Samsung in the future 🤟
@enginerunsable
December 10, 2025 at 12:12 pm
same, I am wonsdering what will samsung do in theis space
@SuperDigitalF
December 10, 2025 at 11:25 am
You forgot to say the the Meta Band it can be use without the glasses, as a input device for the interface for many other devices (not only from meta).
@Aggie4life77
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 am
I like the idea of the glasses that you plug into your phone or laptop that gives you a VP type experience. That’s what I want. The others are a bit overhyped to me. My ear buds can translate languages and it’s much easier to get directions, info on my phone. Getting smart glasses for that just seems so redundant. With that said, I do think there is a market for the more simple ones like the Meta Ray bans. They are simple, have cameras and can do basic AI, but are not trying to do too much. It’s the display ones that I think are over hyped. Maybe that tech would work well in the enterprise or the military, but for the average person, they will just pull out their phone!
@unconventionalvtolguy
December 10, 2025 at 11:43 am
I wished you credited and acknowledged Meta as the current biggest player in the face wearables market; Quest, Rayban have no match in terms of volume, retention and adoption
@jgmagift
December 10, 2025 at 12:15 pm
I don’t care about those AI things, I just want a huge screen on my face lol.
@CNET
December 10, 2025 at 12:15 pm
Read more about the race for yuour face on CNET.com: Smart Glasses Are Inevitable, but They Still Have a Lot to Prove
@Informal-Tech
December 10, 2025 at 12:38 pm
I just reviewed the RayNeo X3 pros on my channel. They’re the best ones I’ve tested so far but I haven’t got to try the new android XR things
@Ghettofinger
December 10, 2025 at 1:09 pm
You have zero conception of what these devices are. The only thing that they have in common is that they are face mounted displays, that’s it. Saying the Apple Vision Pro competes with the Meta Rayband Display or this new Google Prototype because they are face mounted displays is like saying a Laptop competes with your device because they are both mobile devices with built-in displays. The Apple Vision Pro is a Mixed Reality headset, meaning that they have awareness of your reality. They scan the area around you and has processing to know the environment you are in. Meta Raybands Display and Xreal are portable face monitors with ZERO awareness of the space around you. People watching this would actually have negative information with the way you made this video.
@AdamKontras
December 10, 2025 at 1:28 pm
This is the beginning of the merging of these two products. In 20 years it will be one product… they will start to cannibalize each other.
@Ghettofinger
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 pm
@AdamKontras I agree, the holy grail is in the middle and they are approaching the problem from opposite ends, but the types of customers looking for the Xreal Air in the current conception do not have a lot of overlap with the type of customers looking for the Apple Vision Pro in its current conception.
@AdamKontras
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 pm
@Ghettofinger I’m looking for a mutli-media device like the apple vision pro, but in a glasses form-factor. So for me? Yeah, there is quite a bit of overlap.
@bobwitmer2492
December 10, 2025 at 1:13 pm
I like the technology but the two companies that have done the least to earn my trust with my personal privacy rights are Google and Meta. I’m a hard pass on using this tech from either.
@curtisleow
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 pm
Will the Android XR work with the iPhone XR?
@Echolonious
December 10, 2025 at 2:10 pm
I would absolutely buy a pixel smartwatch if it had that same tracking capability like the meta displays. More purpose than just a wristband, and nice interactive capabilities.
@boastt
December 10, 2025 at 2:11 pm
Another Google project that will be abandoned and then killed
@TechnicallyAbrar
December 10, 2025 at 2:12 pm
For this product line to go forward, the race should sustaina and not left midway.
For the race to sustain, we need an extraordinary product to set the benchmark. And we all know who can do that.
@yongpac
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 pm
INMI AIR 3 is the beat you can watch movie do anything on it is android try it you will like it
@Royce16727
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 pm
I’m blind, but I’m still interested in AR – and smart glasses in general – as long as the technology comes with some kind of “screen reader” that would allow me to use it with hand gestures – like how Meta has its Neural Band. I’d be hesitant to buy from an American company, though. I subscribe to a European AI company called Envision. I’m really happy with my Ally Pro subscription! They’re not as advanced as AI companies like Meta and Google, but their stuff super accessible and I’m hoping that they start introducing more features in the future.
@traseurpete
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 pm
I find it incredible that in 2025 you’ve got the tools to be able to take in this content and comment about it, hopefully more tools help you more and more. Keep being awesome 👍
@BretHart-w7h
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Honestly, I think tech is moving too fast and there is going to be some backlash at the constant progression and intrusion of tech innovation. Putting aside the economic issues facing the US and world right now.
@TroyArn
December 10, 2025 at 3:36 pm
i’d go with google (meta/facebook… never ) if they apply a magnetic power/data cable to the glasses (until batteries and onboard processors are more powerful), and if they’ll magnetically accept prescription lenses. AND the camera will need an obvious cover option, so you don’t become a social pariah. not incorporating one was partly responsible for google glass failing to gain market acceptance. repeating that mistake now would be just dumb.
@DragoonGalaxy7
December 10, 2025 at 4:08 pm
I’m going to get the Meta raybans to take pictures and videos of my travels and wait for the gen2 of whatever Google is doing with theirs as gen 1 will always be crap