Apple reportedly testing out 4 totally different types for its sensible glasses that can rival Meta Ray-Bans

Apple could also be late to the smart glasses market, nevertheless it could possibly be overlaying all its bases with as much as 4 potential types for its upcoming product. Based on Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, Apple may launch some or all the 4 types it is at the moment testing for its sensible glasses.

Gurman reported Apple is testing out a big rectangular body that is similar to Ray-Ban Wayfarers, a slimmer rectangular design just like the glasses that Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner wears, a bigger oval or round body and a smaller oval or circle possibility. Apple can also be engaged on a variety of colours, together with black, ocean blue and light-weight brown, in keeping with Bloomberg.

Internally code-named N50 for now, Apple’s upcoming sensible glasses will compete instantly with the second-gen Ray-Ban Meta mannequin. Whereas comparable, Apple could be differentiating its design with “vertically oriented oval lenses with surrounding lights,” in keeping with the report. Like Meta’s sensible glasses, Apple’s upcoming product will seize images and movies, however is supposed to higher sync with an iPhone, permitting customers to make the most of Apple’s ecosystem for modifying, sharing, cellphone calls, notifications, music and even its voice assistant, in keeping with Gurman. The discharge of Apple’s sensible glasses may even coincide with the upcoming improved Siri that ought to arrive with iOS 27.

Gurman reported that Apple may reveal its sensible glasses as quickly as the top of 2026 or early 2027, adopted by an official launch someday in 2027. As for the competitors, Meta launched its latest model that is higher fitted to prescription lenses and provides a extra customizable match.