Would you wear smart glasses?
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Is this the year when smart glasses become mainstream? Whether you need spectacles for your vision, or wear sunglasses, tech firms are hoping you'll buy their latest devices. Tech Life's Alasdair Keane has road tested some of the latest wearables on the market.
From smart glasses to smart bricks! It's been a childhood favourite for decades, and now Lego is packing its colourful plastic with lights, sensors and sound synthesisers. Shiona McCallum plays with the new tech.
And we hear from a Hong Kong tech company that's developing AI for neglected languages, starting with Cantonese.
Presenter: Shiona McCallum Producer: Tom Quinn
(Image: A photo of Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta. He is wearing dark-rimmed smart glasses. Credit: Reuters.)
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| 0:38.3 | Hello, I'm Shona McCallum and welcome to TechLife, the program about technology and how it affects all of us. |
| 0:45.9 | Could this be the year when smart glasses really become mainstream? Whether you need spectacles to improve your vision or you just like wearing cool-looking sunglasses, |
| 0:55.8 | tech firms are hoping you'll be buying their latest wearable devices. |
| 0:59.9 | Alistair Keen's been busy road testing some of the latest on the market. |
| 1:04.0 | Hey Meta, tell me about these smart glasses. |
| 1:07.3 | We'll have the answer in a moment. |
| 1:09.4 | And from smart glasses to smart bricks, it's been a childhood |
| 1:12.5 | favourite for decades. Now Lego is packing its colourful plastic with lights, sensors and sound |
| 1:18.9 | synthesizers. I'll be having a play with it. And we'll be hearing from a Hong Kong tech company |
| 1:24.1 | that's developing AI for neglected languages, starting with Cantonese. For decades, wearable tech has promised to put the digital world in front of our eyes. |
| 1:54.2 | And now smart glasses might be finally having their moment. |
| 1:57.5 | From hands-free messaging and AI assistance to subtle displays woven |
| 2:02.3 | into everyday eyewear, the technology is moving fast and big players are betting it could |
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