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Ranking the Best Smart Glasses: Meta, Viture, & More (2026)
WIRED ranks smart glasses for different uses, reflecting a rapidly expanding market for AI-enabled eyewear.
– Ray-Ban Meta Glasses (Gen 2) are named best overall for their conventional appearance, camera, speakers and AI features. – Viture Beast Glasses are selected as the best wearable displays. – Xreal One Pro is recommended for display glasses with the strongest sound quality. – Oakley Meta Vanguard is named the best option for sports. – Meta and Ray-Ban reportedly sold more than seven million pairs in 2025, while Google, Samsung and Apple are expected to enter the market. – The guide notes privacy concerns around recording and possible facial-recognition features, alongside practical limits such as phone and internet dependence.
In short
- Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 tops WIRED’s smart-glasses ranking.
- Smart glasses now serve everyday, display and sports uses.
- Privacy concerns remain central to the category.
Explained simply
Smart glasses are eyewear with built-in technology, such as cameras, speakers or small displays. Some connect to a phone and use artificial intelligence (AI) to answer questions or handle tasks; others are designed mainly to show video or information in front of the wearer.
The products vary in appearance and purpose, from everyday-looking glasses to models aimed at watching content or use during sport. Meta’s partnership with Ray-Ban has helped bring the category to a wider audience, and sales growth has drawn interest from other major technology companies.
These devices can raise privacy questions because they may record people nearby, and future features such as facial recognition could add to those concerns. Their usefulness can also depend on a connected phone and internet access.
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