For years, smart glasses have existed in a kind of technological purgatory — impressive in demos, awkward in practice, and perpetually one killer feature away from mainstream relevance. Alibaba may have just found that feature, or rather, a bundle of them. A major software update to Alibaba's Qianwen AI-powered glasses has quietly turned the wearable into something far more compelling than a heads-up notification display. The update integrates a suite of practical, everyday s

The smart glasses market has spent the last two years chasing one template — a camera-enabled, AI-connected wearable that blurs the line between fashion accessory and surveillance device. Solos is now pushing back on that monoculture with a two-pronged strategy: a stripped-down, camera-free model aimed at weight-conscious users, and a set of privacy tools designed to make camera models more socially acceptable. It's an unusually self-aware move from a category that has largel

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