{"slug": "apple-s-smart-glasses-delayed-as-engineers-consider-privacy-concerns", "title": "Apple's Smart Glasses Delayed, As Engineers Consider Privacy Concerns", "summary": "Apple's first smart glasses, now expected to be unveiled at WWDC in June 2027 and released later that year, have been delayed as engineering and marketing teams refine the product and address privacy concerns, Bloomberg reports. Apple has considered versions without cameras or with cameras that analyze surroundings but cannot record photos or video, and plans to use on-device processing, avoid facial recognition, keep recordings away from AI training, and use a more visible light around the camera.", "body_md": "Digital Trends reports:\nApple could unveil its first smart glasses at WWDC in June 2027, followed by a consumer release toward the end of the year, according to Bloomberg... Part of the delay reportedly stems from Apple's engineering and marketing teams spending more time refining the product and deciding how to address the privacy concerns...\nApple has reportedly considered glasses without cameras, as well as a version where the cameras can analyse the surroundings but cannot record photos or video. Such an approach could still support object recognition, navigation, Siri, calls, and music playback. The company is also expected to favor on-device processing, avoid facial recognition, keep recordings away from AI training, and use a more visible light around the camera.[Read more of this story](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/07/26/2022231/apples-smart-glasses-delayed-as-engineers-consider-privacy-concerns?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed) at Slashdot.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-s-smart-glasses-delayed-as-engineers-consider-privacy-concerns", "canonical_source": "https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/07/26/2022231/apples-smart-glasses-delayed-as-engineers-consider-privacy-concerns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed", "published_at": "2026-07-26 20:41:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-26 20:51:54.871211+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-ethics", "computer-vision"], "entities": ["Apple", "Bloomberg", "Siri", "WWDC"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-s-smart-glasses-delayed-as-engineers-consider-privacy-concerns", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-s-smart-glasses-delayed-as-engineers-consider-privacy-concerns.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-s-smart-glasses-delayed-as-engineers-consider-privacy-concerns.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-s-smart-glasses-delayed-as-engineers-consider-privacy-concerns.jsonld"}}