I never expected smart glasses to replace my workout earbuds

I've been running long distances for about a decade, and for as long as I've been a runner, I've used Beats Powerbeats earbuds to play the music that powers my runs. Compared to mainstream earbuds like AirPods, the Powerbeats Pro 2 are more secure, easier to control while on the move, and still sound great. When the Powerbeats Pro 2 came out earlier this year, I thought they could be my go-to running earbuds for the next decade. That is, until an unlikely contender ended up replacing them: smart glasses.

Specialized accessories, like earbuds, are great because they do one thing extremely well. However, smart glasses are a different kind of accessory. They're a jack-of-all-trades and can be a camera, headphones, or a multimodal AI device depending on the situation. On top of that, they're