- Apple’s Greg Joswiak has hinted at some possible smart glasses
- Apple’s John Ternus joined him in a new Tom’s Guide interview
- Both also stated that Apple is not looking to merge Mac and iPad.
Two of Apple’s most influential executives have hinted that the tech giant could be working on some smart glasses, as rumors predicted earlier this week.
Greg ‘Joz’ Joswiak (Apple’s SVP of Worldwide Marketing) was joined by John Ternus (SVP of Hardware Engineering) for a wide-ranging interview with Tom’s Guide, covering everything from the MacBook Neo to Apple’s recent 50th anniversary.
But it was his comments about a potential Meta Ray-Ban rival, which Bloomberg suggested could appear later in 2026 ahead of a 2027 launch, that were most insightful. When asked if smart glasses would be the next wave of computing, Greg Joswiak said that “it’s inevitable to combine the digital and physical worlds.”
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Of course, Apple has already done this to some extent with the Apple Vision Pro, but it was telling that Joswiak’s “inevitability” comment came in response to a question about the future of spatial computing.
Naturally, he was not willing to give many more details. “I can’t give you a timeline for when spatial becomes, you know, anything else,” he said. “But it is inevitable that the digital and physical worlds will come together.”
The timing of the comments is appropriate because Bloomberg’s report earlier this week gave us more details about its rumored smart glasses. He claimed that Apple is developing its own Meta Ray-Ban rival, internally codenamed N50, and that it is being tested in four different styles, including a large rectangular frame (like Ray-Ban Wayfarers) plus some oval or circular options.
Apple talks about Mac vs iPad
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The interview also covered the long-standing Mac vs. iPad debate and where the MacBook Neo fits in that division, with Apple again emphasizing that it’s not looking to merge the two platforms.
When asked if iPadOS is becoming more Mac-like recently, Apple’s John Ternus (who has been touted as a future CEO) stated that Apple still considers them separate experiences.
“There has never been the idea of combining these two things,” Ternus said. “There is an external narrative that exists, but that has never been the case,” he added. Anyone who has tried iPadOS 26.4 may disagree, but for now Apple continues to push the narrative that many people want both, which is obviously good news for Apple.
Naturally, neither executive would be enticed by the prospect of a touchscreen MacBook Pro, which is also heavily rumored to launch in late 2026. But one thing is certain: Apple will be asked these questions much later this year, particularly if the rumored smart glasses and OLED MacBook Pro finally become official.
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