Hawk

Semi-rimless, so the frame disappears below the eye: A metal brow bar carries the lens and the lower edge is left open, so the frame stops at the eye line.

A metal browline on adjustable saddle pads: Silver saddle nose pads on wire arms, and slim flat temples with the electronics inside instead of bolted on.

A clear lens for long reading sessions: 20 percent blue light filtering and 100 percent UV protection, in a frame you stop noticing after an hour.

Battery level out loud, mute confirmed out loud: Triple-tap the right temple to hear the charge level. Triple-tap the left to mute, and it tells you. Volume moves in sixteen steps rather than jumps.

No camera on the frame: There is no lens and no camera housing, which means no awkward conversation at a school door, a hospital desk, a client site or a secure office.

Uses the assistant already on your phone: Double-tap the right temple and your phone's assistant opens, Siri or Google. AERO passes audio over Bluetooth rather than running an assistant of its own, so it is not tied to one company's software.

Open-ear audio keeps you in the room: Two 15mm drivers sit above the ear instead of plugging it. You hear the call and the doorbell, the podcast and your kid. Two noise-reducing microphones keep your voice clean on the other end.

Audio: Open-ear 15mm drivers sit above the ear rather than in it, so calls, music and your assistant arrive without shutting out the room. Two noise-reducing MEMS microphones keep your voice clear when there is noise behind you.
Fit: 56-17-146, semi-rimless on a stainless steel brow bar with adjustable silver saddle nose pads. Temples are TR90.
Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.4 with aptX, AAC and SBC codecs, 10 metre range, compatible with Bluetooth 5.0 and later. Powers on and reconnects to a phone it already knows.
Battery: 4.5 hours of audio even at maximum volume, and longer at lower volume. Full charge in 1.5 to 2 hours on the magnetic cable.
Controls: Touch panels on both temples. Double-tap the right temple to open the assistant already on your phone. Triple-tap it to hear your battery level out loud. Volume moves in sixteen steps rather than jumps.
Privacy: No camera on the frame. Nothing to point at anyone, and nothing to explain walking into a school, a hospital or a client meeting.
Compatibility: Opens the assistant already on your phone, Siri or Google. Optical-ready: the lens groove accepts lenses up to plus or minus 5.00, fitted by your optician.
Durability: Drop tested from 1.8 metres. Charging contacts rated to 5,000 connections. Ran normally after 48 hours at 60C dry heat and after 48 hours of salt spray at 80 to 90 percent humidity.

Hawk is the semi-rimless one. A metal brow bar carries the lens and the bottom edge is open, so the front stops at the eye line. Adjustable silver saddle pads, TR90 temples, clear blue light lens. Triple-tap the right temple and it says the battery level out loud. Open-ear audio, Bluetooth 5.4, no camera. 56-17-146. Optical-ready, so your optician can fit it with your own lenses.