Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple will announce its first smart glasses at WWDC in June 2027, with shipments before the end of next year. Gurman says the first model won’t have augmented reality features.
According to The Verge, the newly revamped Siri AI, with its fine-grained control over apps, is key to the glasses’ success. Gurman says the glasses probably won’t ship right away, only that shipments would begin before the end of the year. Apple hasn’t confirmed any of this.
Both targets are uncertain. According to Digital Trends, software is running behind, though the June reveal and year-end shipping are still in place and much of the hardware is largely finalised.
How they would work
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, via The Verge, third-party apps stay on a paired iPhone, and the two devices handle requests together. Developers don’t build separate glasses apps; they enable Siri in existing iPhone apps through App Intents. Only recent iPhones will work, and there won’t be any Android support.
Gurman reports Apple envisions restaurant reservations through OpenTable, rides through Uber or Lyft, Starbucks orders, Amazon shopping, and Fandango tickets. Built-in functions cover Visual Intelligence, notifications, messages, calendar, reminders, music, and smart home control.
The glasses have Wi-Fi, so certain functions outside third-party apps keep working when the iPhone isn’t nearby. Apple is also stressing sound quality, which employees have called industry-leading, with support for phone calls, music, and FaceTime audio. Employees reportedly describe the product as “AirPods for your face”; camera-equipped AirPods are a separate product.
Hardware and privacy
The prototypes, codenamed N50, run a pared-down version of visionOS on a new processor based on Apple’s older smartwatch chips. They’re slightly thinner than Meta’s second-generation Ray-Ban glasses, with cameras in oval openings that sit flush with the frame and a front status light. A MagSafe-like charger, roughly the size of a Tic Tac, works while the glasses are worn.
MacRumors reported in July that Gurman expects privacy to be a focus. Apple is prototyping “a slew of new hardware and software-related privacy features” that current products don’t have.
Against Meta
According to Bloomberg, Apple wants its App Store developers to help it compete with market leader Meta and its Ray-Ban glasses. Samsung has confirmed its own AR glasses for 2026, as Tbreak reported.
Tbreak has covered an AirPods supplier tied to the glasses and four frame styles.
Apple hasn’t announced a price, battery spec, or final name, and no source gives Gulf availability. The next real answer comes at WWDC in June 2027.
