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The 2025 AI glasses buying guide: what to actually buy right now
Six pairs we recommend, three we'd wait on, and one we'd skip entirely.
Person wearing AI smart glasses on a city street
AI glasses went from one credible product to roughly a dozen in the last twelve months. Most are bad. A few are genuinely good. Here is how to think about the category in 2025.
If you want a daily-driver pair you'll actually wear in public, the Meta Ray-Ban Display is the obvious answer. If you want a portable monitor for travel, get the XREAL Air 3. If you want a full spatial computer and budget isn't the issue, wait three months and buy the Vision Pro 2.
Avoid: anything from a brand you've never heard of, anything that requires its own dedicated phone app to function, and anything claiming '8K resolution' for under $300. Those numbers are lies.
The category is still maturing. Wait six months and the field will be clearer. Buy now only if a specific product solves a specific problem you have today.
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