Solos AirGo V2 and A6: $299 camera glasses, $79 privacy kit

Solos announced two new pairs of smart glasses: the audio-only AirGo A6 and the camera-enabled AirGo V2, and it is selling a modular Privacy Kit of clip-on accessories priced at $79. The AirGo V2 is positioned to match features in Meta's $299 smart glasses, offering photo and video capture, music playback, and an AI assistant.

How do the new Solos glasses compare?

The AirGo A6 is audio-only, while the AirGo V2 is camera-enabled and priced at $299; the V2 supports photo and video capture, playing music, an AI-powered assistant that can "see what you see," prescription lenses, and a 10- to 12-hour battery life. The V2 was the second iteration of Solos' camera glasses and was first announced last year as an effort to compete directly with Meta's smart glasses, which are also sold at $299.

Solos is packaging camera control as a separate set of clip-on accessories called the Privacy Kit. The kit includes a privacy shield that blocks the cameras from view and recording, plus a clip-on polarized lens; the full kit costs $79. The company has previously focused on audio-only glasses before building camera-enabled models.

Why it matters

The launch folds privacy controls into the accessory market rather than the core product, which changes who must act to disable recording: buyers must purchase and attach a clip-on to prevent the camera from capturing the world. That extra purchase and the need to clip on and off creates friction that the company itself acknowledges by selling the shield separately, and it leaves room for the camera to be reenabled easily by anyone who can remove the clip-on.

The smart glasses market remains dominated by Meta, which has faced public criticism over its camera-forward approach, including an episode where it silently added face recognition code to its glasses and later removed that code after public outcry. Meta's CTO Andrew Bosworth has said he thinks there is "market demand for that product for sure," acknowledging interest in audio-only options even as Meta continues to sell camera-forward spectacles.

Solos' move also aligns with activity across the industry: Google and Samsung are building out the Android XR platform with upcoming glasses from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, smaller firms like Even Realities are pursuing camera-free designs, and Apple has reportedly been working on its own smart glasses.

What to watch

Watch whether buyers adopt the clip-on Privacy Kit or ignore it; the kit costs $79 and requires users to attach it whenever they want to ensure the camera is disabled. Also track whether Solos can close the gap on media capture quality and controls compared with Meta, and whether competitors pursue more integrated privacy-first designs rather than add-on shields.

Specific data points from the product announcement to note: the AirGo V2 is priced at $299, the Privacy Kit costs $79, and the AirGo V2 offers a 10- to 12-hour battery life. Solos' first camera-enabled glasses, the AirGo Vision, launched in 2024.