Everything indicates that the next WWDC, scheduled for mid-June, will be the stage where Apple finally shows its long-awaited smart glasses. However, according to the most recent projections by Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman, the company would take this event as a simple showcase to advance the project, while the formal arrival on the market would be delayed until the end of 2027.

A preview at WWDC that does not mean immediate launch

Gurman has been clear that Apple plans to take advantage of the developer conference to give the first official look at the device, but that does not mean that users will be able to buy it that same summer. The Cupertino brand would opt for this “reveal first, sale later” format because it needs time to polish both the hardware and its privacy narrative, an issue that has become crucial after the scandals that hit Meta's Ray-Ban. Gurman himself points out that the project, codenamed N50, was going to debut earlier, but the calendar was moved because the engineering and marketing team wants to close the discourse on how they will protect users.

This strategy is not new for Apple, which usually shows products in an early phase before they are ready for stores, something we already saw with Vision Pro at the time. The interesting thing here is that the glasses would compete directly against the giant that dominates this niche today, relying on Apple Intelligence and a renewed Siri as the brain of the system.

Privacy, the card that Apple wants to play in its favor

If there is a theme that defines this project, it is Apple's obsession with preventing its glasses from becoming a constant surveillance problem as happened with the competition. Gurman details that the company has tried at least three different paths in its laboratories to solve this dilemma. The first includes exclusive cameras so that artificial intelligence analyzes the environment and helps Siri, but without the user being able to take photos or record video with them.

The second, more radical path, are prototypes that directly eliminate any optical system, sacrificing functions in exchange for erasing the ethical dilemma at its roots. But the option that finally seems to be gaining ground, and that would be the most likely for the commercial product, combines conventional capture cameras with a fairly aggressive package of software and hardware protections. Among these protections, a rumored infrared sensor system is capable of detecting the consent of the people who appear in the frame and automatically blocking the camera if there is none.

What to expect from glasses beyond the camera controversy

Beyond the privacy debate, the device already has confirmed functions that give clues to its value proposition. Gurman's report indicates that the glasses will integrate speakers and microphones to play music, make calls and receive notifications read aloud by Siri, a scheme quite similar to what the competition already offers.

What would differentiate Apple would not be so much the list of functions, but the commercial message that will surround it. The company wants to sell itself as the alternative that does respect passers-by and the environment, making privacy its main marketing argument against rivals who are less careful with this issue. Still, you have to take all of this with caution, because Apple's plans have changed several times in recent months, and Gurman himself warns that even the late 2027 date could move if the company decides to continue refining the experience before launching it to the public.

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