Apple still has not put smart glasses on a keynote slide. The latest reporting round is about why the calendar keeps sliding: privacy design, not a sudden loss of interest in the category.
This is a rumor desk for people who want the claimed timeline and the hardware debates in one place, with the usual caveats that nothing ships until Cupertino shows it.
Reported timeline
Mark Gurman's latest notes say Apple is aiming to unveil the glasses at WWDC 2027, then ship by late 2027. Earlier chatter that pointed at a late 2026 unveil is the thing that moved. Treat every date as a working target until Apple speaks.
Privacy options on the table
Gurman describes internal teams treating privacy as priority one, including prototypes of hardware and software protections that do not exist on current Apple wearables. Reported ideas under debate:
Glasses with no camera at all
Cameras that feed AI scene understanding without photo or video capture
More familiar camera glasses with stronger recording indicators and tamper detection (including killing recording if an indicator light is blocked)
None of those SKUs are announced. They are the menu executives are supposedly arguing through while Meta's camera glasses take the public heat.
What is not confirmed
No product name, no price, no prescription roadmap, no display generation. Competing reports still describe music, calls, and Siri-style audio as table stakes if cameras survive. Until WWDC footage exists, every render on social is fan fiction.
What to do with this
If you are shopping Meta's current glasses, decide on today's privacy tradeoffs without waiting for Cupertino vapor. If you are waiting for Apple, budget for a 2027 decision, not a holiday 2026 unboxing.
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