Recommended smart glasses?

After wearing the same prescription glasses for the past 10 years, I've decided it's time for some new glasses and I truly want them to be an upgrade. I've already looked into what seem to be the 2 dominant smart glasses as far as I can tell, the Meta Ray Bans and the Even Realities G1 and they both have and lack certain features. Ultimately I would have liked something that combines the best of both of these glasses which is why I'm here looking for more recommendations or if I should be eyeing something that'll be coming out in the near future.

What I'm primarily looking for are glasses that have speakers for audio consumption (which the G1s lack) + a display (which the Ray Bans lack). I could lean either way in regards to having a camera but ideally no camera purely for the sake of being discreet. I don't want to creep people out, especially coworkers when they realize that my glasses have cameras which I know is a big deal to a lot of people. That's also one of the reasons I'd like to have a display so I can read AI responses/Translation rather than having it spoken back to me which would be fine when I'm alone/home but when I'm out in public, I'd rather just read whatever information is being relayed to me which is a pro for the G1s but something the Ray Bans lack. Id also like something with "decent" battery life. I'll leave it at that as far as criteria but the closest thing I could find in my little research were the Meizu MYVU Air2s which unfortunately seem pretty hard to track down as they are a Chinese product and seem to also require a Chinese phone number to even pair them to your phone? I'll look more into them but otherwise, are there any other smart glasses that even come close to what I'm looking for? Or anything that'll be releasing in the near future worth following? I'm not in a rush as I need to save up the money anyways to be able to afford new glasses. Any insight and feedback would be immensely appreciated!

Posted May 5, 2025, 2:08 AM UTC

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