{"id":600335,"date":"2026-04-13T02:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/600335\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T02:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:59:13","slug":"apple-reportedly-testing-ai-glasses-in-several-frame-styles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/600335\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Reportedly Testing AI Glasses in Several Frame Styles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">It appears consumers will be able to pick a style of Apple smart glasses that suits their tastes. Bloomberg&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-04-12\/apple-ai-smart-glasses-features-styles-colors-cameras-giannandrea-leaving-mnvtz4yg\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" class=\"c-regularLink\">Mark Gurman reported<\/a> Sunday that Apple is testing at least four frame styles to rival those of smart-glasses maker Meta. The company is also reportedly working on a new camera setup for its first foray into smart glasses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">Apple&#8217;s design team has created at least four styles that will be available in multiple color options, Gurman reported in his Power On newsletter. According to Gurman, the designs include a pair with a large rectangular frame, like Ray-Ban Wayfarers; a slimmer rectangular frame; a larger oval or circular design; and a smaller, oval or circular option.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Apple is also reportedly considering a camera setup with vertically oriented oval lenses with surrounding lights &#8212; another design feature intended to differentiate Apple&#8217;s product from its rivals, such as Meta, the biggest maker of smart glasses right now. The goal for the frames is reportedly to have an instantly recognized design.  <\/p>\n<p>Research released in March by Counterpoint Research suggests the smart-glasses category is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/meta-tops-smart-glasses-market\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">still in its early stages<\/a>. The tech market research firm reported that the smart glasses market grew 139% year-over-year in the second half of 2025, compared with 2024. And Meta&#8217;s AI smart glasses portfolio gets credit for the growth.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The smart glasses are expected to feature cameras for capturing videos and photos; microphones and speakers for handling phone calls, listening to notifications and playing music. They will also reportedly have a multimodal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/best-ai-chatbots\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AI<\/a>\u00a0that could respond to requests via Siri.<\/p>\n<p>Gurman reported that Apple&#8217;s plan is to announce the glasses as soon as the end of the year or early next year, with shipments beginning by the end of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Apple representatives didn&#8217;t immediately respond to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It appears consumers will be able to pick a style of Apple smart glasses that suits their tastes.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-600335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}