Smart glasses maker Solos has announced two new products, including a camera-equipped pair sold alongside an optional accessory designed to shield the cameras for privacy. The move matters because it directly targets growing public unease about discreet, wearable cameras, positioning Solos as a privacy-conscious alternative to market leader Meta at a time when Meta's glasses have drawn sustained criticism.

The two models are the audio-only AirGo A6 and the camera-enabled AirGo V2, the latter priced at $299 to match Meta's Smartglasses and offering photo and video capture, music, an AI assistant, prescription lenses and a 10-to-12-hour battery. A separate $79 Privacy Kit adds clip-on shields that block the cameras, allowing audio-only use, plus a polarised lens. WIRED notes the clip-on approach is cumbersome and easily defeated, and that Solos's earlier camera glasses fell short of Meta's standard. The launch comes amid wider industry moves from Google, Samsung and Apple, and after Meta was criticised over "pervert glasses", quietly added face-recognition code, and began charging for previously free features.