There are a lot of high-tech “smart” glasses nowadays, and not all of them are created equal. Some of them have screens , some of them have AI, others… well, they don’t have much to offer at all. But if there’s one thing that you might want out of a pair of glasses with wires in them, it’s audio.

I’ve maintained that glasses are perfect conduits for open-ear audio , and as someone who’s worn the Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses extensively over the past two years, I can speak from experience. Having speakers in your glasses lets you take hands-free calls, listen to music while still hearing your surroundings, and theoretically, you don’t need to reach for a separate device like wireless earbuds or headphones to do all that, since your glasses are waiting patiently on your face.

But

See Full Page